{"id":3793,"date":"2015-10-11T09:10:22","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T16:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/?p=3793"},"modified":"2015-10-08T08:14:02","modified_gmt":"2015-10-08T15:14:02","slug":"reading-sexist-stereotypes-are-making-us-fail-male-victims-of-sexual-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.childabusesurvivor.net\/reviews\/2015\/10\/11\/reading-sexist-stereotypes-are-making-us-fail-male-victims-of-sexual-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading &#8211; Sexist stereotypes are making us fail male victims of sexual assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2596,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1NmfgSw&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/ift.tt\\\/1NmfgSw&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The case lays bare how toxic and twisted social role of masculinity is. 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It is deeply ingrained in society to see all intercourse, consensual or non-consensual, as something which men do to women; the female is passive and receptive while\u00a0the male is assertive and dominant.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s funny how every other group out there is constantly telling us that gender is a social construct, and no one should be stereotyped, and that rape victims are never to blame, etc. Yet we still tell ourselves that all boys &#8220;wanted it&#8221; and were lucky to be sexually assaulted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ift.tt\/1NmfgSw\">Sexist stereotypes are making us fail male victims of sexual assault<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div><span class=\"kt-load-after-post\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;The case lays bare how toxic and twisted social role of masculinity is. It has relied on the cartoonish cliche of school boys as horny, hormonal messes who always want sex. 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