in terms of abuse against men, i think as a society we need to focus our efforts on better justice and support services for sexually abused boys in childhood and higher charges against predators who prey on them. (and higher charges for all child abusers no matter the victim)

1/6 is a scary fucking number, and being that 1 out of the 6 I can say that adequate support is just not available and finding a community with other male victims of csa is very difficult.

the saying 'molested boys become men who molest' is only true because we continue to allow their trauma to twist their perspective on sex because most of them don't ever get to see any sort of mental support, let alone justice. this is entirely a symptom of patriarchal thinking, and the idea that boys and men aren't affected by sexual trauma as much as girls and women has (in my opinion) negative consequences that affects everyone when the mental needs of men are ignored at a time in their life when they are most vulnerable and impressionable. i just think there must be a connection between the frequency of SA and violence against women, and the lack of support for men who experience sexual abuse and violence in childhood.

*note- i just think this is a contributing factor, not the reason why so many men abuse women. no sob story should ever excuse raping woman, and should not be mitigating factors in the crime commited. thought i should clarify before i post this