Men, do you ever fear being sexually assaulted?

This is a serious question.
Personally, its one of my biggest fears. The thought makes me physically sick. Women are taught prevention safety tips and dos and donts. For example, walking in pairs at night. I feel like in that situation all a man would have worry about is maybe being mugged or physically assaulted. But men, do you ever feel at risk in any situation about being raped by another man or stronger woman?
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  • No. Although I am more likely to be physically assaulted walking down the street than a female is to be sexually assaulted.
    But men don’t walk around in fear of their own paranoid delusions and we are perfectly ok with taking common sense steps to protect ourselves or prevent bad people from doing bad things.

    Like not going in a sketchy area.
    Not putting ourselves in bad situations.
    Not flamboyantly waving precious items to others and expecting bad people to just stop being bad people.

  • Not for a long time now, but there were times and places with lots of ecstacy, and I didn't do ecstacy, and there was an even number of people present, not many women, and I'd see those hungry eyes on me. Hell, I had to drop my own cousin once trying to creep up on me.

    I just found out quick, in a house full of guys on E, carry a gun, sell them whatever shit they're trying to buy, and don't go in the house.

    • Luckily I'm but a party person or into drugs, sorry about the cousin thing tho that just have sucked

    • Yes and no, I love him, but he annoys the shit out of me sometimes, so it was a pretty cathartic elbow to the stomach being grabbed from behind lol

    • Well silver lining ig lol

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  • Well one, rape is incredibly rare statistically speaking (you have a life time chance, presuming that every area, every age, and every action leads to the same possible outcome as it pertains to rape (which is not the case), of 3% of being raped.). Second, men are as likely to be raped by women as men are to rape a woman based upon the CDC/NCVS data we just don't acknowledge it (and in many cases the guy cannot say anything or HE will be accused of rape (or if he is in a relationship he will be accused of cheating even when it was in fact rape).

    However what is statistically likely is not what people fear, most people fear the least likely things and don't fear the very common things. So for women they fear for their safety despite them being far less likely to be assaulted (70% of all violent crime victims are male, and the more violent the crime the more likely the victim is to be male.), and statistically small chance of rape yet that is what you fear most. Men don't fear the things that are most likely to harm them (false accusaitons, rape, and violence). So most guys won't be afraid but it doesn't mean they shouldn't be only that they are not.

    • Yup, Men and women are sexually assaulted, and even raped, in near equal numbers. It's just that no one cares when it happens to men because "how could you possibly be sexually assaulted by a woman you, you pussy!" and most rape of men occurs in prison, and of course, no one sees prisoners as real "people." Most male sexual assault is swept under the rug or dismissed as a joke.

    • @MCheetah Sadly that is true. Their was even one article written that talked about it, the man was raped while drunk by a girl, when he came out and said it his girlfriend dumped him because she decided it was "cheating"(imagine if a guy did that to his girlfriend who was raped?). Another one was actually Amy Schumer, she went on stage and talked about how she raped a guy who was blacked out drunk, even stating he didn't know what was going on, made fun of his lack of ability (because he was blacked out drunk), and stated how this was how she got her confidence in her self, admited this in a speech to a bunch of feminists and they applauded her. Imagine the roles reversed in that one, all hell would break loose and the man wouldn't have a career afterwards (and rightly so).

    • Goodness, I'm not even a fan of Amy but that is awful!

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  • Unless I was sent to a maximum security prison, no, I would not. Then again, if I was a woman, I also would not, as well. That's an extremely rare circumstance to happen, despite the media trying to fear monger it being otherwise, and most of the time, it comes from someone you already know. Fears are sometimes justified, but often based on extremely unlikely circumstances. Which is what makes them "fears" and not just common sense safety for your well-being.

  • No. What men fear is being financially raped in divorce or having kids taken by a bad mom.

  • Sexually assaulted has happened to me several times, drunk chicks get gropey, but you’re right, it’s far less intimidating as a guy 80% of the time since there’s no fear of them trying to rape you. It’s still unpleasant but we don’t have to be on guard for it in the same way most of the time.


    Though there are smaller men who would be in the same boat as women of course. I’m speaking in general.


    As far as fearing being raped I’ve had the odd moment of concern around date rape but nothing has ever actually happened. The one time I was raped was as a kid so the dynamic was quite different.

  • Not at all, never have. Those things don't happen in the places I go.

  • No. Nobody even seems to want to have consensual sex with me never mind rape me! lol But I never thought about guys. I do remember one time I had a guy touch me inappropriately and I don't know about fearing rape, but I was very uncomfortable and did think about "what if he doesn't stop?". Thankfully he was respectful and stopped. I'm not sure what I would have done if he hadn't? I'm not an aggressive guy so? lol

    • See exactly, what if you're a smaller guy or just nonviolent? I worry about being assaulted bc I'm small and to a man over 6ft I may not seem like a threat. Please be safe and carry a gun need be

  • As someone who was sexually abuse in the past, my biggest fear is it happening again. I'm a very small guy and not that physically capable due to a disability. It would be very easy for someone to overpower me, so I'm very cautious around people, especially men, who I don't know well

    • Well I'm here if you ever want to chat

    • Thank you

  • Yes of course. More so from other men than women.
    When there's rape by women it's usually more than one, it's gonna be hard to find yourself alone with a group of unknown women who have those intentions. But I know people who did and it is definitely scarring. But since the situation is rare, you don't constantly have to fear it.
    But when it comes to men, the fear is real. Even when you're just taking a cab alone at night

    • It is scary, makes me not feel safe unless im in groups with people I trust. I rarely go out to parties or clubs or go anywhere alone at night unless I'm driving. And I only invite close friends over to my home.

    • I'd be lying if I told you it is safe to just go out there. But I could probably suggest you find like a tight knight group of trusted friends who you can feel safe with and can count on even while you're in public spaces with them

    • I do

  • Yes, this runs through my mind.. I'll share a story with you
    first time for my personal self I went to this gas station/grocery store
    there was 2 teen girls so at the time they were about 13/14 for myself
    I was like age 17 /18... Well, after going in there I bought nacho chips
    and cheese dip well I came out of the store and these 2 teen girls followed
    me up the hill and at first I thought for sure they were following me to
    my house they was giggling cause I was alone but I made it home they
    took the other way but I was lucky.

    • Let's be careful out there.

    • @IlluminatiExposed0 Yeah I don't trust people you be surprise whose running around out there

  • "I feel like in that situation all a man would have worry about is maybe being mugged or physically assaulted"

    Or beaten into hospital. Or stabbed to death. Men are victims more often than women of violent crimes as a whole. By far. The only individual violent crime where women are more likely to become victims is sexual assault.

    Not saying it is horrible. Also you definitely should take precautions. But you also should your views and feelings into perspective.

    • That was my point.. being beaten or stabbed are examples of physical assualte

  • Been there, did that when I was a kid.
    These days, my devotion to karate and my military experience enable me to kill just about anyone the first time that I hit them, so I am not terribly worried.
    Also, they would have to be on the extreme end of desperate to want to rape someone my age. - lol
    When I was three years old the queer next door molested me for months. He made a game out of tying me up and doing things to me.
    That might be where from where my interest in BDSM came. - lol
    When I was 10 the same queer and two of his friends grabbed me, tied me up and spent an afternoon taking turns raping me.
    I did not feel a damned thing.
    I was so used to being bullied mercilessly at home and at school that being arse raped was just a small extension of another day at the office. Really and truly, I did not feel a thing psychologically.
    For that reason, I did not say anything to anyone. To me, it was just another incident of being bullied.
    When I was 16 and on work experience at a radio station, the manager of the station drugged me and raped me.
    Again, I did not feel a thing psychologically. I was completely numb.
    I did not say anything to anyone.

  • at one time i did. that was very long ago though.

  • There have been a few times that, had the genders been reversed, it would have been considered rape but I could have stopped it. At the time it seemed sexy but for a woman the option of using brute strength is different and so isd the experience

  • No, we generally fear being accused of assault.

    I've observed that men in general don't react with fear even when they probably should, while women tend to be afraid even when they probably shouldn't. Men underestimate danger, women overestimate it, in general.

    • I never thought of that. It is very difficult for a man to prove his innocence if accused of assault. I think the reason men underestimate us because you guys were born protective and stronger so you may not fear a situation and women overestimate because we usually call for help and if there's no one to help we freak out

  • Fear? No, not really - as in the chances of it are very low for me (I don't make a target/victim out of myself, I am very careful with my drinks, etc.). But the danger is real, and sexual assault of men happen. I would really not like to be on the receiving end of it.

    So fear is not a good word, but I am aware of the danger and make the appropriate steps. Especially because I could not ask for help or even understanding if it happened.

    • Sadly that's fair just try to be safe

    • Again, I am not in a risk group, because I accept that there are bad people, and you cannot teach them not to do their stuff (they know it's wrong, but they do it anyways). Honestly, I don't think that this leads to victim blaming - or at least not in the sense that the victim will be disregarded. But you would not walk in with golden chains alone, in the night into the gypsytown - because that place has a well earned reputation.

    • Makes sense

  • No, I don't

  • No, can't say I have, not even in a brief stint in jail.

    Besides, with all the hair on my ass it would be like trying to fuck through a screen door.

    • That's an interesting way of thinking

    • I guess I just don't think of other men as wanting to stick their penis in me. As for women, it is very difficult for a woman to actually rape (as opposed to grope, or otherwise assault) a man. I know it has happened, but is very rare.

    • Well difficult but not impossible. Their methods would most likely involve drugging or sodomising a person

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  • No. But I've never experienced it

  • Ig no tbh but once i feelt there were a weird man looking at me i guess it was the only one

  • Whenever i am surrounded by a group of girls. I look up to Heaven and pray, please God let this be the day. 😎

    • Even if they are the ugly muscle bound ones from the women's prison that just escaped after years without a man?

    • @Red_Arrow damn. I hope i can handle that. Might drain me dry. Lol

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