MSP Reports
MSP/EHU Literature Review:
Hartill, M. & Green, L. (2023) Sexual violence against boys and men: A literature review. The Male Survivors Partnership & Edge Hill University.
The last decade, particularly the last five years, has also seen an increase in research activity focused on sexual violence against boys and men. However, those supporting male survivors, and the communities of boys and men in need of support, do not always have access to research that may be of value to them. Therefore, this report provides an overview of research literature on sexual violence with a specific focus on sexual violence against boys and men. The report is focused on areas that may be most useful for victims and survivors and those that support them.
This review may also serve as a prompt for more focused work on specific areas, problems, and/or questions. In compiling the review, empirical studies from within the last five years have been prioritised and findings from recent meta-reviews have been particularly useful. We also include relevant and important work from across the past three decades and try to set the problem of sexual violence against boys and men, and our attempts to understand and respond to it, in some historical context. Thus, the report is broad although we have been necessarily selective in the studies and findings we discuss. The five key areas covered by this review are: scale and dynamics, disclosure, effects, risk factors, and support and treatment. MSP research page with report: https://malesurvivor.co.uk/research/
Reviews and Meta-analyses
Davies, M. & Rogers, P. (2006). ‘Perceptions of Male Victims in Depicted Sexual Assaults: A Review of the Literature’, Aggression and Violent Behavior, 11, 367–377.
Fisher, N.L. & Pina, A. (2013). ‘An Overview of the Literature on Female-Perpetrated Adult Male Sexual Victimization’, Aggression and Violent Behavior, 18(1), 54–61.
Langdridge, D., Flowers, P. & Carney, D. (2023). Male survivors’ experience of sexual assault and support: a scoping review. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 70, article 101838. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avb.2023.101838
Peterson, Z.D., Voller, E.K., Polusny, M.A. & Murdoch, M. (2011). Prevalence and consequences of adult sexual assault of men: Review of empirical findings and state of the literature. Clinical Psychology Review, 31(1), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpr.2010.08.006
PettyJohn, M. E., Reid, T. A., Cary, K. M., Greer, K. M., Nason, J. A., Agundez, J. C., Graves, C., & McCauley, H. L. (2022). “I don’t know what the hell you’d call it”: A qualitative thematic synthesis of men’s experiences with sexual violence in adulthood as contextualized by hegemonic masculinity. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000410
Tewksbury, R. (2007). Effects of sexual assaults on men: Physical, mental and sexual consequences. International Journal of Men’s Health, 6(1), 22–35. https://riselearningnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/10.1.1.830.810.pdf
Turchik, J. A., & Edwards, K. M. (2012). Myths about male rape: A literature review. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 13(2), 211–226. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0023207
Vearnals, S. & Campbell, T. (2001). Male victims of male sexual assault: A review of psychological consequences and treatment. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 16(1), 279-286. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681990123228
Research Related to Specific Contexts
SVAMB in Sport
Hartill, M. (2005) Sport and the sexually abused male child. Sport, Education and Society 10 (3): 287-304. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573320500254869
Hartill, M. (2009) The sexual abuse of boys in organized male sports. Men and Masculinities, 12(2): 225-249. https://doi.org/10.1177/1097184X07313361
Hartill, M., Rulofs, B., Allroggen, M., Demarbaix, S., Diketmüller, R., Lang, M., Martin, M., Nanu, I., Sage, D., Stativa, E., Kampen, J., Vertommen, T. (2023). Prevalence of interpersonal violence against children in sport in six European countries. Child Abuse & Neglect, Volume 146, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106513
SVAMB in the Church
SVAMB in Armed Conflict