| Men are victimized by sexual assault, but are often ignored by researchers, service providers, and the criminal justice system. Based on the National Crime Victimization Survey, males accounted for 11% of attempted and completed rapes and sexual assaults reported to the poice from 1992 through 2000. Researchers have found that male victims of sexual assault have a heightened sense of vulnerability in their everyday lives. Using data from the Violence Against Women Survey (collected between November 1995 and May 1996), I have compared male victims with non-victims to test the following hypotheses: male victims of sexual assault have a greater fear of violence than non-victims; male victims of sexual assault are more likely than non-victims to believe that personal safety for men in this country has gotten worse; male victims of sexual assault are more likely than non-victims to carry something to defend themselves; and the types of weapons that victims of sexual assault are different from non-victims. |
Updated 05/20/2006