What If Sandusky’s Alleged Victims Had Been Girls?

Submitted by Matt on Thu, 2012-07-19 00:28

Article here. Excerpt:

'Who would leave a little girl behind to be raped? Pretty much no one. It’s inconceivable. So what happened with the boy? Was there some kind of repulsion that took hold of McQueary, something about a man and boy, some kind of homophobia-inflected disgust? Or do we imagine that, on some level, boys can take care of themselves and be strong? This is why so many male survivors of rape feel plagued by guilt: They’re ashamed to be victims because they don’t feel entitled to be vulnerable. This boy was vulnerable, and he needed a protector. Mike McQueary failed him.

I don’t know where this victim is, but I hope he has the courage to come forward. If I could speak to him, I’d say, “We support you, whoever you are. We stand with you. And this time, we won’t walk away.”'

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I've at least had related thoughts. A lot of effort has been spent--partly as a result of Title IX--on protecting girls from sexual assault. Protecting boys from sexual assault is rarely discussed. The focus--witness VAWA--is protecting girls, not boys. If a woman sexually assaults a boy, it's "had sex with"--not sexual assault or rape. And we call boys who have sex with good-looking teachers "lucky."

Perhaps we need to pay more attention to what happens to boys. Even in the Catholic priest scandal, the emphasis was on how bad the priests were--not how easy it is for boys to be victimized.

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Submitted by el cid on Thu, 2012-07-19 03:24

If the assaults had been on girls he would have just been a pedophile.
But he is actually a gay pedophile because he only targeted boys.

Sandusky will think he has gone to heaven once they get him in prison....except he will be on the receiving end of all of that pent up love.

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Submitted by oregon dad on Mon, 2012-07-23 14:03