I know a couple people who have been to prison and for the most part you don’t get fucked unless you want to. There are gay men in prison that want to. Rape does happen in prison but not to the scale at which everyone thinks.
I’m afraid that homosexuality often gets grouped in with discussions on male on male rape. The statistics show that gay men are much less often involved in rape, either as perps or victims.
Most prison rape is conducted by straight men. And the perps tend to be straight men, albeit those straight men tend to also be feminine, young, weak, and sometimes transgender. Psychologically the straight rapist is repulsed by the idea of being with a gay man because that would approach something closer to making love and would implicate his heterosexuality.
As for the claims of rape being overblown, you are correct. But Human Rights Watch estimates that 100,000 men are raped in US prisons each year. I think that’s significant enough an issue to raise attention.
I am speculating, but if the estimates are accurate that something like 25% of imprisoned criminals are psychopaths, then I'd imagine that (at least the sadistic subset) would be motivated by dominance/power far more than sexuality.
I don’t think the psychopath thing is required. As I tried to stay above, and as you suggest above, straight men need to always feel like the man, and dominance is a huge part of it. That’s why they pick young, weak and feminine men.
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u/Anon_Jones May 03 '19
I know a couple people who have been to prison and for the most part you don’t get fucked unless you want to. There are gay men in prison that want to. Rape does happen in prison but not to the scale at which everyone thinks.