Have you ever felt like you are the only one this has ever happened to?

As boys growing up, we have been told many lies about life.  One lie is that men/boys cannot be raped or otherwise sexually abused.  That is not true.  Boys and men have been and continue to be the un-acknowledged victims of many types of sexual abuse.

Boys have survived abuse at the hands of parents (both Mothers and Fathers), relatives, siblings, neighbors, clergy and strangers.  Early sexual experiences do not make a boy “lucky”; they can cause lasting feelings of being used and make adult intimacy difficult.  Men can be and have been raped by both men and women.