Ask Dr. Helen: Does Society Encourage Genital Assault Against Men?

Submitted by Matt on Wed, 2010-05-05 20:04

Article here. This is some very good exposure for this issue. Dr. Helen Smith is widely-syndicated and her column appear all over the place. Just Google "Ask Dr. Helen" to see. Excerpt:

'The other day I received an email from reader Kevin who is concerned about the increase in the depiction of sexual violence — particularly that of genital assault — against men in our society:

Dear Dr. Helen,

I want to ask you about something because you seem to be a logical and rational person and I am having trouble finding any logical, rational people who have the guts to speak out about this one particular issue.

Ever since I was a kid I have noticed a steady rise in the depictions of sexual violence against males in movies, and later in television. It was obvious that these depictions, always the hero sexually assaulting the villain and almost never the other way around, were encouraging this kind of sexual violence against males. As soon as it became a regular Disney staple it became a regular part of every boy’s life, something he had to endure repeatedly as part of growing up. Even as a kid I was baffled by parents willingness to let this go and not protest it. ...

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OMG I can't stand this shit. I have been embarrassed and offended by the depiction of this in the media since I was a kid. I remember seeing a sex education thing on opera and when the adult was explaining the male anatomy to the girl she said how the testicles are a sensitive area. The girl then said "ya that's why if you kick them there..." The audience then laughed and it just pissed me off. Just imagine a boy talking about kicking girls between the legs, yes self defense classes also say it is a weak spot.

Its not just in the media, its actually mostly acceptable in public. I remember a girl did this to a friend of mine in high school with no consequences. She did it to another friend of mine but I did not see it. I also heard about another girl in my class doing it many times. The biggest thing I regret is witnessing it and just acting like it was a joke. I later thought about it and knew it was very wrong but I didn't denounce her as my friend as I should have.

It is in general painful, sexually humiliatimg/violating, and can cause damage. I see no reason why we should not start calling it sexual violence if it is not voluntary. [yes there are some retards who willingly do this but the majority of people have foreplay and sex and that doesn't mean there is no sexual assault]

I was just dumbfounded when some feminists complained about the Superbowl commercials and the violence towards women...really?!?

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Submitted by fondueguy on Thu, 2010-05-06 01:28

It is embarrassing to admit that someone did this to you. I have a co-worker who's six year old boy was "ball tapped." He is in a whole lot of ongoing pain now, and it remains to be seen if he has permanent damage. This whole ball tapping thing is way out of control. We men need to stop the conspiracy of silence, need to get over the difficulty talking about an embarrassing topic, and we need to speak out about this.

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Submitted by redwoodwriter on Thu, 2010-05-06 20:23