“It Can’t Be Rape”: Female vs. Male Rape Myths Among Israeli Police Officers

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 494-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mally Shechory Bitton ◽  
Lea Jaeger
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Rape Myths ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Male Rape Myths

Acceptance of male rape myths among college men and women

Sex Roles ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 85-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cindy Struckman-Johnson ◽  
David Struckman-Johnson
Keyword(s):  
College Men ◽  
Rape Myths ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Male Rape Myths

Masculinities, sexualities and identities: Understanding HIV positive and HIV negative male rape victims

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 323-342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliraza Javaid
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Hegemonic Masculinity ◽  
Rape Myths ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Psychological Suffering ◽  
Male Rape Myths

This empirical article focuses on how HIV intersects with male rape, and how the virus challenges and weakens male rape victims’ sense of masculinity. Drawing on hegemonic masculinity to elucidate the different ways in which men as victims of rape cope with their disease, the article argues that male victims handle the effects of rape themselves to keep their masculinity intact. Drawing on interviews with HIV positive and non-HIV positive male rape victims ( N = 15), it is argued that male victims of rape not only often struggle to manage their HIV status in a social sphere, but also may suffer contradictions in relation to embodying hegemonic masculinity. In addition to such struggles, male rape victims sometimes attract victim blaming attitudes, such as ‘he asked for it’, indicating that male rape victims are blamed for both contracting HIV and for being raped. HIV positive and non-HIV positive male rape victims question their masculinity while stigma develops through social relations with other people, particularly other men. Male rape myths are present in western society. This article seeks to open up a dialogue surrounding the salient issues associated with male rape, including HIV and male rape myths, while attempting to eliminate such harmful myths. It is important to tackle male rape myths because they can contribute to the underreporting of male rape and can compound male rape victims’ reluctance to seek help for their HIV, emotional and psychological suffering.

scholarly journals Male Rape Myths: Understanding and Explaining Social Attitudes Surrounding Male Rape

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliraza Javaid
Keyword(s):  
Rape Myths ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Male Victims ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Theoretical Paper ◽  
To Come ◽  
Male Rape Myths

<p>This paper provides a critical review of the literature surrounding male rape, aimed at exploring how male rape myths shape society’s responses and attitudes to male victims of rape and integrates the literature from a theory driven perspective. In doing so, this theoretical paper reveals information relating to the barriers to recognition of male rape. These barriers are male rape myths that prevent male rape victims from coming forward and seeking the support that they merit. There has been a lack of research on male rape myths, although some research has documented such myths to be present in practice. These myths could be harmful because they may influence societies’ opinions of male rape victims, so this could affect the treatment and responses toward such victims. To understand and explain such myths so some attempt can be made at eradicating them, this paper will explore common male rape myths that seem to be prevalent in Western society. This paper will examine male rape myths in the areas of media, incarcerated settings, and the wider community, focusing on England and Wales, UK. This is important to do to recognise which myths are harmful and are facilitating the under-reporting of male rape. This paper will help raise awareness of male rape myths and not only attempt to tackle them, but also encourage male rape victims to come forward to report and seek the help that they merit. It will also address the gaps in the literature and areas ripe for research, so further empirical research can be conducted on male rape, highlighting ideas for future research and providing guidance in areas most needed in research on male rape. </p>

Male Rape Myths

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 600-615 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristine M. Chapleau ◽  
Debra L. Oswald ◽  
Brenda L. Russell
Keyword(s):  
Rape Myths ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Male Rape Myths

Male Rape Myths, Female Rape Myths, and Intent to Intervene as a Bystander

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith E. Rosenstein ◽  
Marjorie H. Carroll
Keyword(s):  
Rape Myths ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Male Rape Myths

Exploring the Influence of Hookup Culture on Female and Male Rape Myths

2018 ◽  
pp. 088626051880102
Author(s):  
Timothy T. Reling ◽  
Sarah Becker ◽  
Leah Drakeford ◽  
Matthew Valasik
Keyword(s):  
Rape Myths ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Hookup Culture ◽  
Male Rape Myths

‘Walking on egg shells’

2016 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 228-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aliraza Javaid
Keyword(s):  
Police Officers ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Attrition Rate ◽  
State Agencies ◽  
Rape Victims ◽  
Male Rape ◽  
Poor Treatment ◽  
Egg Shells ◽  
Male Rape Myths ◽  
Rich Data

The aim of this present work is to explore police officers’ experiences and views in respect of male rape. I critically examine the role of the police, and their experiences and perceptions of handling male rape cases. This study presents detailed, in-depth, and rich data from the police in England. The findings are generated from the police, male rape counsellors, male rape therapists and voluntary agency workers. The participants were interviewed and filled out qualitative questionnaires, which were kept anonymous. I ensured that those who were interviewed did not also fill out a questionnaire, as each method addresses issues in a different form. To inform the development of the semi-structured interview schedule and the qualitative questionnaires, I drew on Abdullah-Khan (2008) in order to shape the types of questions that I asked. Overall, this study gained a sample size of 70 participants. In this paper, I solely focus on state agencies’ responses and attitudes toward male rape. From the findings, five distinct themes emerged: (1) level of communications between officers and victims; (2) perpetuation of male rape myths and stereotypes by judges and juries; (3) lack of evidence in male rape cases; (4) attrition in male rape cases; and (5) issues of consent in male rape cases. There are serious concerns in terms of how the criminal justice system deals with male rape victims, resulting not only in poor treatment of the victims, but also increasing the attrition rate and decreasing the conviction rate in male rape cases. I attempt to tackle poor police practice herein.

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