A review of the literature surrounding male rape.

From reviewing the literature that is available on the subject of male rape, it became obvious that although it is now accepted as a criminal offence, the idea of men being raped by other men is still very much a taboo subject that is not dealt with in today’s society.
Up until the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, there was not even a legal definition of male rape and the act was being described in courts across the country as ‘forced buggery’, meaning sexual intercourse against the course of nature. Forced buggery also carried a lesser penalty than rape, immediately giving the impression that this type of sexual assault was less important or less intrusive than that of rape of a female.
This critical review of the literature surrounding male rape in no way means to surpass, or even disregard, female rape, but the literature does show that when this heinous crime does take place there are many places for women to turn to and, in many cases, nowhere available to deal ...