Introduction

Since the turn of this century, attitudes toward male sexual victimization and trauma have shifted dramatically. At one time, many in both public and professional arenas did not even believe the problem existed except in rare, isolated cases. Then came revelations in 2002 that sexually abusive Roman Catholic clergy were systematically protected by their superiors from facing their accusers and answering for their crimes. And in 2011 Coach Jerry Sandusky at Penn State University was charged and convicted of assaulting numerous young boys from the Second Mile, a non-profit agency he founded to help disadvantaged youth. Male sexual victimization had entered the public discourse.