Sexual Assault Laws for Men: A Dire Need in India
Whenever there is a discussion on sexual assault, the only thing which comes to our mind is a woman being sexually assaulted. Sexual assault of men are also never reported because of fear of societal ostracization and backlash. The patriarchal setup in India also affects men in a negative way. Men have been typecasted as not being able to feel pain and if he does then he is not a man. Another reason for such is something called toxic masculinity which is a regressive description of manhood including the myth that strength is everything and emotions are weakness. Even when we search online for content on sexual assault, we only get the content related to women. People just find it hard to believe even men can be victims of sexual assault and may be this is the reason that there are no available content . There are many studies which indicate that even men can be sexually assaulted and that women can be also be the committer of sexual crimes. The lack of report of such crimes furthe...