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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
And what have you come up with? Why do people find this or men being victims of rape funny?
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Because of gender--the constructed way that girls/women and boys/men are taught to operate to express strength (most often masculinity) and weakness (most often femininity).
Men are supposed to be dominant, powerful, and are not supposed to be vulnerable. It's the same as men not thinking about being victims of crimes when men have a higher rate of violent crime victimization than women (with exception for rape and sexual assault). It is more "manly" and more "masculine" to pretend that men are always in charge. This need to be in charge operates when faced with potential victimization from women and other men.
Therefore, men
and women laugh when I talk about violence against men.
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