February 22, 2012 | Sex & Society

Reaching out to male rape survivors

Hoping to take some of the stigma out of male rape, non-profit organization has launched a new campaign in London, UK called “Real Men Get Raped."

140 posters with the words "real men get raped and talking about it takes real strength," featuring a punctured rugby ball, have been put up throughout the city.

“We’ve chosen to use an alpha male sport in our advertising to challenge assumptions about the type of men who get raped,” said Michael May, spokesman for Survivors UK. “It’s just as likely to be a rugby player as a librarian, a suited city banker as a hooded gang member. And we hope that by challenging our innate assumptions about the identity of male victims, we can make it even fractionally easier for a male rape victim to ask for help.”

estimates that about 3% of American men have been the victim of a rape or sexual assault at some point in their lifetime, which is 3% too many.

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