Am I reading this right? These charts seem to say that a lot more women than men have been victims of rape in their lifetime, but more men than women have been victims of rape (incl. made to penetrate) in the last year. Am I missing something?
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Men seem to recall rape over the short term more often than the long term. I don't think we know why definitively, but there are social pressures for men to downplay being assault victims, and many people regard men as "unrapeable". As a result, that may create lower recollection
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“Made to penetrate” has been removed from the legal definition of rape in quite a few places. Effectively making it impossible for a woman to rape a man unless she uses some instrument to penetrate him.
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1) Male on male rape is much more common (even outside prison) than can be expected. 2) Men feel more able to report it now. 3) The definition of rape is broader than it was. 4) Male kids maybe more likely to be raped than female kids.
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Does this include prison rape? Could inmates who get raped yearly or more just weigh really heavily into this