As a rape victim myself, what I see in journalism, our legal system and public is blaming the victim for what happened to them. This happens to males and females. For a female, it is far, far worse if she gets rape compared to us males. To quote evilpuppy on Live Journal when replying to something I said:

EvilPuppy wrote:Don't think it's taking away from it to bring male rape victims into the discussion. It might not apply to these particular cases, but it's still very real and no less traumatic and horrible. In some ways, I think it can be harder because as a man, you're expected to "be a man." The machismo comes out in spades and it almost seems like in order to solidify in their own minds that there's no way it could happen to them, they have to mock and deny that it can happen to any man at all.

I'm so very, very sorry you had to go through that, but I'm glad to see you talking about working towards getting over it as best you can. And I'm extremely impressed and proud that you're speaking out about it as well. It takes an immense amount of courage to do that and I hope you find out just how much that will mean to other male rape victims who read it and discover they aren't the only ones.

I urge everyone to write to their state and local Senators, Representatives, as well as their US Representatives and Senators demanding fair treatment for rape victims.

Last year an 11 year old girl was gang-raped by at least 18 young men and adults (at least three of which where over 21) in Cleveland, TX. The overall majority of the community held a town hall meeting vilifying the young girl, blaming her for getting raped. The high school was lamenting that they were losing the basketball season because two of their STAR PLAYERS were in jail and waiting trial for raping the girl. Why, because they were just ids, not knowing any better. BULLSHIT!!!