There is obviously a great deal of violence, oppression and areas of relative disadvantage affecting men and boys. The true extent of this is, however, suppressed by feminists and feminist sympathisers within the media, government agencies and universities because it undermines the dominant feminist narrative (men as oppressors/women as the powerless and oppressed).
I touched on this issue in a post I made on the ‘Sunrise’ Facebook page on 23 August 2014 concerning a story they ran on modern-day slavery:
“Isn’t is funny how gender is never mentioned in these stories unless women/girls are worse off? Most enslaved people are male working in primary production and construction, but most of the attention and support is directed towards the far smaller number of women is sexual servitude. Guess that might have something to do with the abundance of feminists in the media/gov’t/NGO sectors and how feminists view males as disposable.”
Slavery is just one area where the suffering of men and boys is hidden or downplayed. See also my post on the issue of #bringbackourgirls, and another entitle ‘Discrimination against males in the context of humanitarian agencies/causes‘.
Further relevant topics such as domestic abuse, sexual harassment and sexual violence, have been addressed in other posts within this blog:
- Sexual assault of male youths and under-aged children by women in western countries is addressed in this post
- Sexual assault of institutionalised male youth is addressed in this post
- Sexual assault of (non-institutionalised) men in western countries is addressed in this post
- Prostitution (involving both male and female clients) is addressed in this post
In this post I want to provide some references in relation to the following topics:
- Human trafficking of men and boys
- Sexual violence against men and boys in wars and conflict zones
- Sexual violence against men and boys in institutional settings
Human trafficking of men and boys:
Sex Traffickers: The Hidden Role of Women (13 March 2023)
The Silent Victims: A Hidden World Where Boys Are Trafficked (18 June 2019)
Child grooms: An estimated 115 million boys married as children (7 June 2019)
Female offenders of human trafficking and sexual exploitation (10 May 2019)
More counter-intuitive findings about sexually trafficked children: 50% are boys and 40% of those boys are bought by women (12 August 2017) Reddit discussion thread with linked resources
Feminism and male trafficking (17 December 2015)
The story of one. Trafficked boys: Vandalized innocence hidden in plain sight (20 September 2014)
How not to talk about human trafficking (21 January 2014)
Trafficked boys overlooked (14 April 2014)
http://www.reddit.com/r/MensRights/comments/1wn8d2/sex_trafficking_efforts_focus_on_girls_though/ and a related discussion here
http://projectfutures.com/2013/09/10/demystifying-male-sex-trafficking/
http://toysoldier.wordpress.com/2012/10/25/male-victims-of-sex-trafficking/
Why Human Trafficking is a Men’s Issue (5 May 2011)
Sexual violence against men & boys:
“Why Boys?” – Sexual Abuse of Teenage Boys in Dalian School Shocks Chinese Netizens (5 August 2016)
The forgotten men: sexual abuse of males in Cambodia (6 November 2015)
U.S. incarcerated boys report high rate of exploitation by female staff while in custody (26 June 2015)
TIL that 8.2% of males in juvenile facilities report staff sexual misconduct, as opposed to 2.8% of females. 89% of the misconduct is perpetrated solely by women (20 June 2015) Reddit mensrights discussion thread
How sexual exploitation of men and boys is overlooked and dismissed (27 August 2014)
Male rape: The last human rights taboo (25 June 2013)
When men are raped (29 April 2014)
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/jul/17/the-rape-of-men
http://www.genderratic.com/p/2551/male-privilege-defining-male-victims-out-of-existence/
http://www.genderratic.com/p/2943/mary-koss-the-corruption-continues-manboobz-style/
http://www.genderratic.com/p/tag/mary-koss/
http://www.genderratic.com/p/4088/who-defines-rape/
http://www.feministcritics.org/blog/2014/03/03/anti-male-bigotry-at-npr-noh/#more-4934
Recognizing Gender-Based Violence Against Civilian Men and Boys in Conflict Situations (2006)