The Sun Herald and the Gay Menace

Mark — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 11:48:51 -0800

Can anyone say "moral panic"?

HUNDREDS of straight men are being raped in the city and eastern suburbs every year, many after having their drinks spiked. Health experts have warned that men can be just as much of a target for sexual predators as women, although most men were not aware of the threat that lurked every time they went to the pub.

That's right punters, EVERY TIME YOU GO TO THE PUB, poofters are lurking around the corner looking to drug you and take your anal virginity. It's a wonder there isn't more awareness of this problem considering it's so prevalent. Obviously, male-on-male rape happens and isn't funny, although the problem of homosexuals who rape straight men is a considerably less serious problem than that of straight men who rape women. Men 'can' be just as much a target for sexual predators as women, but they aren't actually now, are they? The figure the article opens with, "hundreds of straight men are being raped in the city and eastern suburbs every year" (and note, it doesn't specify how many of those are drink-spikings, just "many") is 95% dubious. It seems to be based on taking a figure of 44 sexual assaults on men last year, and then multiplying that by "up to 95%" – which of course would give us a figure of up to almost a thousand. The only thing we have about drink-spiking is that "drug-assisted sexual assaults" are "relatively common" among the 44. Common relative to what, one wonders. Do we have any numbers on this? Has it happened five times? Was it perpetrated by people the men knew? Were the victims or perpetrators straight or gay? ARE STRAIGHT MEN REALLY BEING MENACED BY LEGIONS OF DIRTY GAYS WITH ROHYPNOL AT ALL? I love the invocation of the city and eastern suburbs as well, by the way. We all know who hangs out there, right? Seriously, could Fairfax do something about the Sun Herald already? I genuinely don't see why we need it given the existence of the Sunday Telegraph.

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The Sun Herald and the Gay Menace