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Men being raped by women

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Mamagin · 26/03/2017 15:00

This has just come up on my Facebook feed.
broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-hidden-epidemic-of-men-who-are-raped-by-women?utm_source=vicefbanz&utm_campaign=global
Via insufferably intolerant science nerd - I'm a bit dumbstruck at the concept that females are violating men in such huge numbers. I can't seem to link to the Facebook page, but the comments appear to agree that there are many such women out there. WTF?

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gamerchick · 26/03/2017 15:32

Why the cis? It's woman or trans woman. People know the difference.

Gets right on my tit ends.

Tartle · 26/03/2017 15:29

So it includes being made to penetrate someone and the proportion of cases in which the person whom they are being made to penetrate is a woman but it is not clear to me that the person who is doing the making and the person who is being penetrated are the same? I'm thinking about gang scenarios etc.

This is an area that needs more and better research I'm sure as with all areas of sexual assault.

Gingernaut · 26/03/2017 15:26

They were very selective with their statistics and a lot of the evidence in the article was anecdotal.

I would like to see a 'proper' survey done, with comparisons made with male offenders, a break down in cis- and trans- female offenders and "conspiracy to" offences listed as well.

There is no doubt there are 'cis-female' offenders, but they are incapable of rape as defined in British law (although capable of sexual assault by penetrating with an object) and are more than capable of luring and grooming victims for rape by others and sex trafficking.

I am also thinking of women like Vanessa George who were part of child sex abuse 'gangs'.

picklemepopcorn · 26/03/2017 15:20

Rape in the use includes digital penetration as well, I believe.

Mamagin · 26/03/2017 15:16

Thanks for putting the link in, Gingernaut.
Even if you define as sexual abuse, I wouldn't have thought it equalled male on female abuse.

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Gingernaut · 26/03/2017 15:13

broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/the-hidden-epidemic-of-men-who-are-raped-by-women?utm_source=vicefbanz&utm_campaign=global

The survey is American.

The survey makes no distinction between cis- and trans- women.

The term rape in this article also includes "made to penetrate".

In other words, men were forced to penetrate another person.

Here, in this country, rape is defined as being penetrated with a penis, so the definition of the offence differs.

The somewhat confused article also goes on to describe female victims of female sexual assaults. Behind bars.

Women can be sexual abusers. We knew this. How prevalent they actually are is anyone's guess.

This article doesn't clarify matters.