Police responses to, and attitudes towards, male rape

Javaid, Aliraza

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“…Gill [24] has conceived rape as a criminal act that is targeted at women in order to humiliate, debase, overwhelm and control them. But Javaid [25] also found that in England and Wales, male rape are usually underreported and are affected by the masculine nature of the police subculture.…”

Section: Characterizing Rape Victims and Offendersmentioning

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Characterizing Rapists and Their Victims in Select Nigeria Newspapers

Tade¹,

Udechukwu²

2021

Psycho-Social Aspects of Human Sexuality and Ethics

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While offender and victim characterization offers clues to devising preventive strategies and victim therapy, existing studies in Nigeria are yet to capture this empirically. Using two national dailies, about 331 rape cases have been analyzed. The rapists were found to be of the age group 18-55 years. The victims' age has been reported to be between 1 and 20 years. Rape victims were mostly females (>90%) compared to males. Most of the rapists are labeled as familiar foes meaning, father, relatives, or neighbors. Third-party guardianship is mentioned as predatory.

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Section: Characterizing Rape Victims and Offendersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Characterizing Rapists and Their Victims in Select Nigeria Newspapers

Tade¹,

Udechukwu²

2021

Psycho-Social Aspects of Human Sexuality and Ethics

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“…This is a particular problem, due to some research arguing that the police are homophobic and execute homophobic attitudes toward male rape victims (e.g., Stermac et al 1996;Lees 1997;Gregory and Lees 1999). Although these research studies were conducted over a decade ago, there is no recent research that examines the police responses to male rape victims, other than Rumney (2008Rumney ( , 2009), Abdullah-Khan 2008's recent monograph, and Javaid (2015cJavaid ( , 2016cJavaid ( , 2017.…”

Section: Setting the Scene: Understanding And Explaining Male Sexual mentioning

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The Unknown Victims: Hegemonic Masculinity, Masculinities, and Male Sexual Victimisation

Javaid

2017

Sociological Research Online

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This paper adopts the theoretical framework of hegemonic masculinity to elucidate and make sense of male sexual victimisation. Critically evaluating the empirical data, which comprises of police officers and practitioners in voluntary agencies (N = 70), that this paper offers, I argue that gender expectations, hegemonic masculinities and sexism prevail in societies, state and voluntary agencies. It has been found that, because male rape victims embody subordinate masculinities, they are marginalised as 'abnormal' and 'deviant'. They are, in other words, classified as the 'other' for challenging and contradicting hegemonic masculinity, disrupting the gender order of men. Consequently, male sexual victimisation is not taken seriously in services, policy and practice, whilst the victims of this crime type are relegated in the gender hierarchy. As a result, male rape victims suffer a 'masculinity crisis' in the context of male rape. This paper attempts to open up a dialogue regarding male rape and male sexual assault, to challenge hegemonic masculinity, and to bring male rape 'out of the closet'.

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“…However, traits such as emotionality, submissiveness, homosexuality, and compliance are not in agreement with social norms pertaining to masculinity (Javaid, 2015b). Socially constructed ideas of masculinity are not consistent with construction of the rape victim as weak, feminine, and defenseless (Javaid, 2014a).…”

Section: Common Male Rape Myths In the Wider Communitymentioning

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“…It is also important that the male rape myth that 'male rape happens only in prison' is eradicated because male rape occurring in the community may be overlooked. That said, it is vital to critically examine other male rape myths occurring in the community because they will ultimately influence the way state and voluntary agencies, regardless of their own professionalism, respond to and handle male rape victims (Javaid, 2015b).…”

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Male Rape Myths: Understanding and Explaining Social Attitudes Surrounding Male Rape

Javaid¹

2015

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<p>This paper provides a critical review of the literature surrounding male rape, aimed at exploring how male rape myths shape society’s responses and attitudes to male victims of rape and integrates the literature from a theory driven perspective. In doing so, this theoretical paper reveals information relating to the barriers to recognition of male rape. These barriers are male rape myths that prevent male rape victims from coming forward and seeking the support that they merit. There has been a lack of research on male rape myths, although some research has documented such myths to be present in practice. These myths could be harmful because they may influence societies’ opinions of male rape victims, so this could affect the treatment and responses toward such victims. To understand and explain such myths so some attempt can be made at eradicating them, this paper will explore common male rape myths that seem to be prevalent in Western society. This paper will examine male rape myths in the areas of media, incarcerated settings, and the wider community, focusing on England and Wales, UK. This is important to do to recognise which myths are harmful and are facilitating the under-reporting of male rape. This paper will help raise awareness of male rape myths and not only attempt to tackle them, but also encourage male rape victims to come forward to report and seek the help that they merit. It will also address the gaps in the literature and areas ripe for research, so further empirical research can be conducted on male rape, highlighting ideas for future research and providing guidance in areas most needed in research on male rape. </p>

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Police responses to, and attitudes towards, male rape

Cited by 34 publications

References 30 publications

Characterizing Rapists and Their Victims in Select Nigeria Newspapers

Characterizing Rapists and Their Victims in Select Nigeria Newspapers

The Unknown Victims: Hegemonic Masculinity, Masculinities, and Male Sexual Victimisation

Male Rape Myths: Understanding and Explaining Social Attitudes Surrounding Male Rape

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