Sexual abuse to adults from a male perspective
Sexual abuse is as a result of the vulnerability of adults in sexual
activities. In many cases, these adults do not fully comprehend or even be in a
position to give consent. A vulnerable male adult is estimated to be have
attained the age of majority. These individuals are taken to be unable to take
care of themselves or protect themselves against sexual abuse. The perpetrators
take advantage in that the society does not pay much attention to the issue of
sexual abuse to adult. The perpetrators tend to target individuals with mental
or physical frail in that they cannot be able to protect themselves from them.
In the real sense, these individuals need a support system every day to perform
their daily tasks. Therefore, in the process of helping them, one might take
advantage of them sexually. On the other hand, some adult males who experience
sexual abuse tend to misuse substances and alcohol. Alcohol and substance abuse
expose these adults to sexual abuse. When excessively abuses these substances,
they tend to lose control of themselves. In the end, they end up being taken
advantage of due to the state they are in. additionally, some of the men in
abusive relationships tend to be sexually abused. Abusive relationships, in
most cases, tend to display a lot of abuse, more so sexually. The circumstances
in the relationship tend to leave most of the men vulnerable to being abused.
The reason is that no one is willing to speak up as a result of fear of the
consequences or even shame attached to it. Therefore the abuse continues, and
the men have to cope up with it and keep quiet. Finally, sexual abuse in men
can be a result of homelessness. Therefore the perpetrator takes advantage of the
situation, takes them in, and in return, they have to be compensated sexually;
hence instances of sexual abuse arise.
Sexual abuse to children from a male perspective
In
the past sexual abuse to children has been linked to the female gender being
abused. However, over time, sexual abuse among the male gender has been on the
rise and has negatively impacted them mentally, sexually, and physiologically.
Research done shows that 16% of men are victims of sexual abuse either in their
childhood or even have children who have been sexually abused. Male children
who have been abused sexually at times fear discussing the issue with anyone,
and in the end, they have to live with it, and it tends to rip them apart
emotionally. In the long run, these children grow up stigmatized and depressed
over what happened to them. Child abuse tends to occur where they are involved
in sexual activities that they have no idea of what is happening or why it is
being done to them. Male children fall victim to these abuses due psychological
or cognitive vulnerability. In most cases the perpetrator takes advantage of
the existing condition like broken homes and single parenthood where they are
sure that the recipient has no support whatsoever to discuss the issue with at the
moment. On the other hand, male children in foster homes or adopted tend to be
sexual abuse victims. The reason is that many of these children have no say in
the families and hence they can be pushed around by the adults and have their
way with them. Therefore it is clear that male children are in great danger of
sexual abuse. Hence protecting them and giving moral support is imperative as
they have to understand that the female gender is sexually violated and the
males. Therefore, speaking up about issues to do with sexual abuse to children
is very important.
Emotional and physical abuse from a male perspective
When we look at the issue of emotional and physical abuse from a male
perspective, we look at the factors that aggravate these forms of abuse. For
instance, the issue of emotional abuse comes in many instances. There is verbal
abuse, where men get yelled at for some reasons. In other instances, men are on
the receiving end of insults and an individual constantly swearing at them. In
the long run, these factors subject men to the feeling of being inferior to the
other gender or from the perpetrator as we clearly understand that abuse comes
from any gender. Additionally, emotional abuse may result from constant
rejection of one’s idea, thoughts and opinion. In men rejection tend to lower
their ego as a man leaving them emotionally broken. As a result many of them
receivers in this case the men tend to doubt their feelings and thoughts or
even their sanity hence in defense they tend to try and manipulate the truth to
avoid the emotional torture they are constantly going through. It is evident
that in men, emotional abuse tends to take long to heal compared to the female
gender who often talk about it with their colleagues. In extreme cases when the
emotional abuse exceeds, men are exposed to inferiority complex which ends up
exposing them to physical abuse. In most cases, emotional abuse results to
physical abuse where now the the force is incorporated to drive a point home.
In many cases, physical abuse results in injuries, but as it has been the norm
in society, men tend to suffer in silence because they lack the courage to
report the cases of even seek outside help to solve the issues.