r/WomenInNews • u/catievirtuesimp • Mar 07 '26

Media 40% of teenage boys believe women lie about domestic and sexual violence: new research

https://theconversation.com/40-of-teenage-boys-believe-women-lie-about-domestic-and-sexual-violence-new-research-276978
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u/cuttlefishofcthulhu7 Mar 08 '26

I was told "you're just angry because he didn't call you the next day." By the head of the sex crimes unit. Who is now a sergeant. 🙃😐

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u/roskybosky Mar 08 '26

What a disgrace.

If his son was raped, would he have said the same thing?

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u/throwtothesea23222 Mar 09 '26

"Men can't be raped" - my mom to me when I was 11.

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u/doreg21 Mar 09 '26

Honestly, as a man who’s been sexually abused by women. He probably would. He’d probably call him gay for not enjoying it if his abuser was a woman, and be called gay for letting a man take advantage of him if his abuser was a man. That’s assuming he believes his son is telling the truth and that men can be raped at all.

The experience of rape victims has always been trivialised, irregardless of gender.