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Male Sexual Victimization: Examining Men's Experiences of Rape and Sexual Assault

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: karen.weiss{at}mail.wvu.edu.

	Abstract

This study examines men’s sexual victimization experiences in the United States using a nationally representative sample of victim narratives from the National Crime Victimization Survey. An analysis of men’s incidents reveals many similarities to women’s rapes and sexual assaults as well as some rather gendered differences, particularly in regard to offender sex, victims’ willingness to report to officials, and a few uniquely masculine ways in which some men frame their experiences. The study begins an important exploration of men’s descriptions of their sexual victimization experiences and responses and encourages future empirical and theoretical research of this understudied population of victims.

First published on August 8, 2008
Men and Masculinities 2008, doi:10.1177/1097184X08322632


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