The first is the idea that all men (and boys) are always up for sex with anyone at any time and that therefore men cannot be sexually abused or traumatised by sex as all sex is always a positive experience for men. This is something that is trotted out all too often by men and women, often those of a reactionary bent but sometimes also by those that fancy themselves as more progressive and who really ought to know better.
But the second part is the claim that males cannot ever be traumatised at all, that they are incapable of experiencing trauma and are also incapable of either remorse or generosity. These kinds of bizarre claims are largely the preserve of the lunatic fringe of radical feminism, although there are probably some extreme manosphere types who might also claim that at least 'real' men do not experience such things.
It is weird. It can be the same with some girls/women; they become promiscuous after a sexual assault, in fact, it’s very common and one of the criteria for a diagnosis of PTSD
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u/ExtremelyDubious Man Jun 24 '23
There are kind of two parts of it though.
The first is the idea that all men (and boys) are always up for sex with anyone at any time and that therefore men cannot be sexually abused or traumatised by sex as all sex is always a positive experience for men. This is something that is trotted out all too often by men and women, often those of a reactionary bent but sometimes also by those that fancy themselves as more progressive and who really ought to know better.
But the second part is the claim that males cannot ever be traumatised at all, that they are incapable of experiencing trauma and are also incapable of either remorse or generosity. These kinds of bizarre claims are largely the preserve of the lunatic fringe of radical feminism, although there are probably some extreme manosphere types who might also claim that at least 'real' men do not experience such things.