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Sexual Assault and Gendered Stereotypes

http://nutritionafrica.blogspot.com/2014/10/sexual-assault-and-gendered-stereotypes.html Lately, I’ve been coming across articles that address cases of gendered violence where the victims are men. The most recent piece I’ve read is  “When Women Sexually Assault Men,”   by Livia Gershon. The thing that strikes me most about the article is its emphasis that we often dismiss the idea that a man has been sexually assaulted because of the stereotypes that we subscribe to. Perhaps I shouldn’t be surprised that the same holds true for our dismissal of the idea that a woman has been sexually assaulted: THE NOTION THAT SEXUAL assault of a man by a woman is impossible, and even laughable, rests on the same gendered assumptions that are also used to downplay assaults on women by men. Even after decades of feminist activism, many discussions of sexual violence still center on telling women to stay sober and be cautious around men. The ideas behind that advice—the image of men’s sexual desire