It’s a damn good reason to make sure the fact of males being sexually assaulted is brought out (without detracting from females being so assaulted). It’s too accepted too widely, just as “Men are the bosses and women the teamakers” was a damn good reason for the removal of the word “Chairman”.

What made the brouhaha most amusing was Dawkins in The God Delusion admitted he’d seen no reason for the removal of “Chairman” for years until someone explained it that way and has ever since accorded to those social mores. And, despite the demonstration of honesty and accepting reasoning, most of the railing to Dawkins didn’t give any reason other than “you can’t!”.

Or, getting this entire screed back on topic, the most numerous of the vocal detractors had no sense of proportion.

I have often asked people to consider not how they THOUGHT a critisised action or appearance is wrong from their POV, but how their actions could be construed from another POV as being characterised negatively.

Or, as Joss said about Jayne in Firefly, “Everyone thinks themselves the hero”. Even though the entire audience knows its Mal.

I do know a guy who was raped, though!

Rather like people who didn’t like what people said when they didn’t agree with Rebecca.

Like I always say, if you’re looking to take offence, you’ll find it in the most innocent of statements.

Isn’t one of the reasons why “chairman” wrong to use (I’d use “chair” which doesn’t include gender rather than the cumbersome and lampshade-hanging “chairperson”) because people get the idea that only men can be bosses?

Exactly the same here.

By neglecting male rape/assault you’re painting the picture that men can’t get raped.

It is *exactly* the same thing.

However, I know of no examples of that happening. But it is certainly possible and I’m sure it happens.

And why is it only women get sexually abused?