McMullen became aware of how hidden and unreported this crime was and how deeply scarred it left its victims. He realised that the taboo had to be brought out into the open and youth workers and counsellors needed to know how to respond to victims and help them move on from the self-loathing that often followed an attack.
This book - widely acknowledged as the first on its subject - was the result. His research confirmed the notion that rape is not about sex but about power. And far from being a straight nightmare about predatory homosexuals, it was most often a crime carried out by heterosexuals on gay men - linked to bullying and to a violent masculinity that wanted to assert itself over what was seen as weak or effeminate.
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