About Male Sexual Violence

Men experience sexual violence at higher rates than people realize or talk about. Often times these assaults occur before the age of 18 and the boy/man knows his attacker.

The Facts

Men can be raped as adults and sexually abused as children.

Men experience the same symptoms women do after being sexually abused.

It is just as important for a man to receive counseling for sexual trauma as it is for a woman.

Sexual abuse does not cause homosexuality.

cause homosexuality. Being abused as a child does not mean you will grow up to be a perpetrator.

What can be unique for male survivors