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Ask Dr. Helen: Can a Man Be Raped by a Woman?

June 30, 2008 - 12:06 am - by Helen Smith
Brian
2008-06-30 10:31:10

The story is silly. I agree that it is nothing more than a “dark” Penthouse Forum story.

Absent a risk of contracting an STD (which does not seem to be the focus of his conern), I think all young men would welcome waking up to a woman getting a workout on them. As to psychological damage. What??? Because she was “not his type”?

I do not think men can really be harmed by non-violent rape and I do not think what he went though consituted violence. It is very different for women. Men are designed for quick action and are much more comfortable with sex as simply a physical act. I do not think that healthy men can feel “violated” by it under the described circumstances, whether is is consented to or not.

Most guys would just enjoy having a great story to tell their friends.