Can't view the video right now. Are people talking just about male on male sexual abuse or are they including female on male abuse too?
Ehhh just the former. As expected. Pointing out that women can also be guilty of sex crimes is not a popular hot button for most western media icons to tap because it can cost them substantial viewers with the perception that acknowledging male victims threatens the validity of female victims. I was actually kind of surprised to see Samantha Bee touch on male victims at all. That takes guts considering the majority of her viewer base...
To be fair, the showcased topic is male SEXUAL abuse. Not domestic abuse (where the western numbers are much closer to even). And while it is possible for a woman to sexually assault or rape a man, you're going to have a hard time convincing most of the public of that partly because rapists are far more likely to be male than female. In many cases it can already be a challenge for female rape victims to be believed by the justice system. Good luck trying to convince authorities and courts who still cling to the Duluth Model that a man can be sexually victimized by a woman too. When archaic district laws are left written in a way that specifically mention a penis as a requirement to be the perpetrator in male vs female abuse, you know you ain't gonna get much sympathy as a male victim in that area.
Plus you have common gender stereotypes eliminating empathy towards male victims. The idea that all teen boys and men are constantly thirsty for any convenient sexual activity implies that they can't ever be real victims of sex crimes. The stereotypes lead the public to presume that male victims in general are basically nymphomaniacs that just eventually accept spontaneous sexual abuse as unexpected masochistic pleasure. It perpetuates a very grim presumption that male victims can't ever be traumatized by sexual abuse because the stereotypes imply that any sexual experience, even unpleasant or uninvited, is just another rite of passage for boys and men...
