[tss20147]

The poster wasn't changing the subject from the rape of females to the rape of males. The title of the article is "Facebook agrees to ban sexual assault 'humor'" and not "Facebook agrees to ban sexual assault against women 'humor'" yet the article only seemed to address sexual assault against women humor. Asking if the policy also extends to humor regarding sexual assaults against males is a fair question under the circumstances and in no way diminishes the gravity of both.

According to surveys 7 - 12% percent of males report having been the victim of a sexual assault with the vast majority of victims having been assaulted while minors. The rate of sexual assaults against males is increasing. It is a serious and increasing problem.

[skore]

It's a tough call to make, but you do have a point.

I suppose what kind of threw me off was that the image linked as an example by the poster could be understood as both a male and female version of sexual assault "jokes". Still, the implication is clearly male, just as the implication of the article was clearly female. (Actually, a little more than just implication, but the title sets to tone to be a little more general.)

One point I do still maintain is that there simply is a clear imbalance between sexual assault on females and males. Yes, that does not change the gravity of either, but it does suggest how the conversation about it ought to run. If it were the other way around, seeing society predominantly talk about female sexual assault would be troublesome. But it is not and thus pulling the conversation towards male sexual assault kind of rings my alarm bells. Just as the implication is universally female, bringing up male sexual assault implies trying to diminish it being a predominantly female issue.

It is accurate that sexual assault against females gets the center stage and it is just as correct that sexual assault against males is a serious issue.

Your point about sexual assaults against males being rising is interesting - do you happen to have a link on that? My immediate theory would be that while there might be a rise, it can only ever be a rise in reported assault. So I would guess that it is probably increased by the fact that we as a society have become more open to accept males as victims of sexual assault in the first place. But I would be interested in seeing actual data on that.

[jimzvz]

One point I do still maintain is that there simply is a clear imbalance between sexual assault on females and males. Yes, that does not change the gravity of either, but it does suggest how the conversation about it ought to run. If it were the other way around, seeing society predominantly talk about female sexual assault would be troublesome. But it is not and thus pulling the conversation towards male sexual assault kind of rings my alarm bells. Just as the implication is universally female, bringing up male sexual assault implies trying to diminish it being a predominantly female issue.

uhhh...???

Jokes about male rape are accepted by the mainstream more than female rape jokes, in my opinion, specifically prison rape. Under almost any article/image about some criminal (particularly violent criminals) or suspected criminal that has numerous comments, you will find facetious comments about how that criminal will/should be raped in prison. Now, I asked my original question because, if facebook do start to remove jokes about male rape, it will affect a larger number of people and perhaps affect people that do not feel that a joke about male prison rape is actually a rape joke and I find that interesting.

[skore]

Actually, I did not disagree with that, so I'm not sure what you mean.