Thesis On Male Rape

In conclusion, this dissertation has been based on the un-recognised world of male rape in order to bring recognition to the issue and for the public to recognise this as a crime equal to when a female has been raped. Also to educate people that rape isn't a gender biased crime as it isn't only committed against females but also males, so what is stopping us to recognising this as an equal crime? Well the issues stopping male rape to widely recognised such as female rape have been highlighted through out this dissertation.

All issues surrounding male rape have been explored including; the impact male rape victims endure, why male rape is given less attention than female rape, why the police don't recognise male rape and why male rape victims are reluctant to report a male rape committed against them to the police or the difficulties they may have approaching the criminal justice system.

A considerable amount of research has been produced recently on male rape however prior to the 1990's there was very little to hardly any research conducted on male rape, as rape was perceived as a crime only committed against females. Although more needs to be done in order for male rape to be fully

The offenders of male rape victims are more then often family members which has also not been researched. There are many other aspects regarding male rape which also need to be highlighted however have not been in this dissertation as the pure focus of this dissertation was on the questions within the title. Male rape of other countries could also have been discussed however was not although it would be a great in-sight in on if other countries recognised male rape as a crime and if so how are they treated by society and the law, is justice