Date Rape is a misleading term, which describes a serious crime that is misunderstood and under-reported. For many women, the word “rapist” evokes images of a psychotic stranger in an alley. But more often than not, a rape victim knows her attacker. He’s a seemingly nice guy—a date, a good friend, a casual acquaintance, a classmate, or even a coworker—who suddenly becomes forceful or even violent, and makes her have sexual intercourse …showed first 75 words of 1269 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1269 total…about 8% of rape victims are male. However, almost all male rape victims have been raped by other men. One man was quoted in Boston Magazine after being raped by a man hitchhiking and said, “Men can’t pretend any longer that rape doesn’t concern them, because it does….just because you’re a man doesn’t mean it can’t happen to you. If you’re a living human being, you can be raped.”