Male Victims of Military Rape Slam Oscar Nominated Film.

With little more than 5 minutes devoted to male victims in a 2-hour movie about military sexual misconduct, some male victims are speaking out against the film, saying it unfairly makes military rape a "woman's issue" when over half of all victims turn out to be male. The director said he and the producer acknowledge the disparity, and said

We felt that once the country started putting pressure on the military to make these changes, if and when the military does make changes, those will apply to men just as they will women. So we kind of felt women would get the discussion going and push the military to make the change for everyone.

Take a look...
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/08/16890167-betrayed-male-rape-victims-slam-oscar-nominated-filmmakers-over-focus-on-women?lite

This is an interesting situation. I think I can understand the director's point...but I don't know if that's the way it will happen. The male victims themselves state how difficult it is to get the military to pursue assault charges, especially when the victims are male, and hiding the fact that a bulk of the victims ARE male doesn't really motivate anyone to stand up for them. They may get to adopt the same changes that female victims will see in their experiences...or the military may continue to ignore the males and simply improve the way they deal with female victims, as that is what the bulk of the public criticism will tell them to do.

We all hope that helping one group's problem will extend to another groups similar/equal problem...but it's just not how it usually happens. They'll help exactly who they are required to, and move on once the anger is quelled.