... male rape. I looked at Allen (2002) who had already written a literature review on male rape and she highlights various different flaws within the literature explored. First theme that was made apparent, 'rape has been a major concern of the feminist movement since it's revival in the late 1960's' (Allen 2002) Rape was considered as a female attack and that it was only them who suffered at the arms of a rapist. Allen (2002) states 'feminists refuted the long held belief that rapist were pathological men helplessly controlled by an overwhelming sexual impulse' it was later redefined using the victims perspective on the incident 'that is was primarily an act of violence rather than merely involving the pursuit of sexual gratifications' (Allen 2002) My interpretation of what Allen (2002) is saying is that I believe she is saying although rape was being written about it were primarily about women and ...

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