Male sexual assault
This section addresses the sexual assault, including rape, of adult men, especially
resources for male survivors. If you're aware of other resources, books or articles
accessible from the Web which I haven't listed here, please let me know. For resources for adult male
survivors of childhood sexual abuse, see Male Sexual Abuse.
On this page:
Organizations
Information about male sexual assault
Links
Books
Films
Bibliography
Other pages in the Male sexual assault section:
Hotlines for men who have been sexually assaulted or raped.
Web research notes
In alphabetical order by organization name.
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Articles, Information and Education
In alphabetical order by title.
Crime of rape knows no gender lines,
from The Digital Missourian.
For the Man Who is
Sexually Assaulted from the Orange
County Rape Crisis Center (North Carolina).
Male Rape from the National Victim Center cites a few statistics, provides a
good and sensitive overview of the subject and includes references and a bibliography, but
no links to other resources on the Web.
Male
Rape - The hidden trauma is a review by LIAM O COILEAIN of a television program of the
same name that was aired in Ireland on February 29, 1996. It mentions the Dublin Rape
Crisis Center listed above under hotlines.
Male rape reports on the
increase in south-eastern Australia.
Male Rape
Victims Subject to Ridicule by Jeremy Seabrook for the (British?) New Statesman &
Society (April 27, 1990)
Male Sexual Assault is a public
education brochure available from the New York City Gay & Lesbian Anti-Violence
Project (AVP).
Male Survivors of Sexual
Assaults from RPEP,
the Rape Prevention Education Program of the University of California at Davis, maintained
by Alexander Orland.
Memories of Rape is a
chilling and courageous first-person account of ongoing rape, assault and abuse in prison
by David Pittman, hosted by Stop Prisoner Rape.
When the survivor is male by Linda Oakleaf, Rape Victim Advocates,
Illinois
More male veterans reporting that they were sexually assaulted, Philadelphia Inquirer,
September 27, 1997 (1998.10.02: no Web link available)
Myths and Facts About Sexual
Violence from the National
Coalition Against Sexual Assault (NCASA) includes a section headed "MYTHS AND
FACTS ABOUT MALE RAPE."
Rape of Males by the late
Stephen Donaldson of Stop Prisoner Rape, from Encyclopedia
of Homosexuality, Wayne R. Dynes, ed., 1990, NY: Garland Publications.
Alternate: Rape of
Males, mirrored by Ellen
Spertus.
Rape's Unnoticed Victim by
Susan Wachob
Sexual abuse of men and boys
by Dez Wildwood, who identifies as a man who has been sexually assaulted in this article
written for XY magazine in
Australia
Sexual Assault,
Chapter 14 in the US Department of Justice's online National Victim Assistance
Academy, is a general resource that is largely gender-neutral, addresses issues and
needs of male survivors ("victims") as well as female, and examines changing
role of gender in defining rape and sexual assault.
Silent Victims:
Bringing Male Rape Victims Out of the Closet by Sue Rochman, originally published in The Advocate, Issue 582, July 30,
1991, p40.
Special
Populations, a section from the American Medical Association's large page Strategies for the
Treatment and Prevention of Sexual Assault
To a Man Who Has Been
Sexually Assaulted from Coordinated
Community Response for Sexual Assault of Dane County, Wisconsin, attributed to "a
man who had been sexually assaulted and counselled at St. Vincent's Rape Crisis
Program" [New York City, listed under Hotlines]. If
anyone can find the original attribution please let me know.
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Kate Orman's Male Rape lists
Directories of Internet resources, Documents, Bibliographies, and Organisations
Men's Resources from Chris Bartley's Sexual Assault Information Page
Links to Rape and Sexual
Assault resources from Victim Services of
New York City
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- McMullen, Richie J. Male Rape: Breaking the Silence on the Last Taboo.
Alyson Publications, $18.95, softcover
also Gay Men's Press, London, 1990
- Mezey, Gillian C.; King, Michael B. Male victims of Sexual Assault.
Oxford University Press, New York City, 1992
- Scacco, Anthony M. Jr. Male Rape: A Casebook of Sexual Aggressions
AMS Press, New York City, 1982.
- Scarce, Michael. Male on Male Rape: The Hidden Toll of Stigma and Shame.
Insight Books/Plenum, New York City, September 1997. Note: Highly recommended.
- Wooden, Wayne S.; Parker, Jay Men Behind Bars: Sexual Exploitation in Prison
Plenum Press, New York, 1982.
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- Liam McGrath's film Male Rape: Men overcoming rape and sexual abuse. The Irish Film Board includes production
notes on this film in their list of documentaries.
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- Anderson, Craig L. "Males as Sexual Assault Victims: Multiple Levels of
Trauma." Journal of Homosexuality Volume 7, Numbers 2/3, Winter/Spring, 1981-82
- Myers M F, Men Sexually Assaulted as Adults and Sexually Abused as Boys, 1989, Arch Sex
Behav, V 18, N 3, pp 203-215, sexual abuse of boys men male rape
- Scarce, Michael. "Same-Sex Rape of Male College Students." Journal of American
College Health. Volume 45, January 1997: pp 171-173
- Stermac, et al. "Sexual assault of adult males." Journal of Interpersonal
Violence, Vol 11, No. 1, March 1996, pp. 52-64
Others' bibliographies
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