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http://www.rainn.org/get-information/statistics/sexual-assau...

> About 3% of American men — or 1 in 33 — have experienced an attempted or completed rape in their lifetime.1

> In 2003, 1 in every ten rape victims were male.2



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Male rape is highly stigmatized, my uncle was raped and never reported it. Reported != Actual.

That's a great point, and I completely agree that reported stats are not equal to the actual stats. I would still say that there are more women raped in America than men.

I would say that there are more women reporting rape in America than men asserting anything other than that is your opinion.


That article didn't cite any of its data, and it even conflates reported rapes with rape estimates.

It's US Justice Department figures.

> Male rape is highly stigmatized

Incidentally, this (even assuming reliable victimization stats that weren't distorted by it) is one of the reasons why I wouldn't assume that the threat was necessarily less serious issued against a male based simply on victimization stats indicating that women were more likely to be victimized.


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