When a rape occurs, our society almost always assumes that a man assaulted a woman, hardly ever the other way around. The idea of a woman raping a man in our western society is taboo. Women are seen as fragile creatures, not capable of committing such a crime. However, contrary to popular belief, at least one in every thirty-three men report being raped. This particular issue was portrayed in the sixteenth year, episode seventeen of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. In this particular episode, a man named Tommy is forced to have sexual intercourse with his parole officer, after she puts a gun to his head. At first no one believes him. As the episode unfolds, there are clearly gender inequality issues presented.
When the time finally came
When the time finally came