Sexual Assault Against Boys Is a Crisis
By Emma Brown FEBRUARY 22, 2021
“…But Robert Blum, a physician who has studied adolescents for 40 years and is one of the Johns Hopkins scholars leading the study, wants people to understand that it also hurts boys. “The story about boys has yet to be told, and I think it’s a really important story,” Blum explained to me. “Our data suggest that the myth that boys are advantaged and girls are disadvantaged simply isn’t true.”…”
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention
“…Male victimization is a significant public health problem, according to estimates in the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS)…”
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/intimatepartnerviolence/men-ipvsvandstalking.html
Facts about Male Victimization
Survey data have found that men experience a high prevalence of intimate partner violence, sexual violence and stalking. Most first-time victimizations occur before the age 25, with many victims first experiencing violence before age 18.
Intimate Partner Violence
- About 1 in 3 men experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime.
- Nearly 56% of men who were victims of contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner first experienced these or other forms of violence by that partner before age 25.
Sexual Violence
- Nearly 1 in 4 men in the U.S. experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime.
- About 1 in 14 men in the U.S. were made to penetrate someone during their lifetime.
- More than 1 in 38 men in the U.S. experienced completed or attempted rape victimization in their lifetime.
- Among male victims of completed or attempted rape, about 71% first experienced such victimization prior to age 25.
Stalking
- About 1 in 17 men in the U.S. were victims of stalking at some point in their lifetime.
- Nearly 41% of male victims first experienced stalking before age 25.
Type and Sex of Perpetrators of IPV, SV, and Stalking of Male Victims
Perpetrators are usually known to their victims. Among male victims of stalking and sexual violence, perpetrators were most often a current or former intimate partner or an acquaintance.
Sexual Violence:
- 87% of male victims of (completed or attempted) rape reported only male perpetrators.
- 79% of male victims of being MTP reported only female perpetrators.
- 82% of male victims of sexual coercion reported only female perpetrators.
- 53% of male victims of unwanted sexual contact reported only female perpetrators.
- 48% of male victims of lifetime non-contact unwanted sexual experiences reported only male perpetrators.
Stalking
- 46% of male victims reported being stalked by only female perpetrators.
- 43% of male victims reported being stalked by only male perpetrators.
- 8% of male victims reported being stalked by both male and female perpetrators.
Intimate partner violence:
- 97% of men who experienced rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner had only female perpetrators.