See #Me(Too): A Survey About Male Victims/Survivors

We Are Survivors have teamed up with Movember to undertake a brand new research project, focusing on understanding social attitudes that can affect male victims/survivors of sexual harms.

This survey is open to all UK adults (18+), regardless of sex, gender, ethnicity, religion, class, etc… we want to hear from as many men, women, trans, non-binary people from as many different communities as possible!

We want to better understand how societal attitudes could impact men affected by sexual harms in their ability to speak out, to access support and maybe feel forced into silence.

For the record, when we say sexual harms, we mean any sexual activity that was unwanted that happened at any point in the individual’s life.

All of your answers will remain anonymous, there is no way of us knowing who you are so please feel confident in that and be as honest with your answers as you can be. No shame here!

However, we do want to get a sense of the ‘types’ of people who are answering so Section 1 will ask you a few demographical questions, but again, NOTHING that will identify you to us or anyone.

Section 2 will cover the theme of ‘Prevalence’ and we invite you to tell us if you or someone you know is a male victim/survivor of sexual harms. We’re not going into detail here so please don’t worry.

We know that this section might feel uncomfortable and maybe potentially triggering. So, we’ve put reminders in of the places you have to reach out for support such as the National 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line on 0808 500 2222. But we also recognise this is a survey for adults and we shouldn’t shy away from asking uncomfortable questions nor should we wrap people up in cotton wool and take away their own agency to speak.

Section 3 follows the theme of ‘Attitudes’ and asks you to share your thoughts on current affairs and wider society’s position on men and boys as victims/survivors of sexual harms.

Section 4 is the final section and themed around ‘Societal Understanding’, in which we are interested to hear how familiar you are with past and/or current Government / official action to tackle sexual violence.

All the data we collect from this survey will be held by We Are Survivors (known as Data Controller) and used to create a report, make posts and create campaigns on current prevalence, attitudes, and understandings of, male sexual harms. We will do this with Movember and others.

Taking part in this survey is 100% voluntary and you can stop at any time, remember, its completely anonymous.

If anything has come up for you in answering the questions, you chat with someone on:

National 24/7 Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Line
0808 500 2222

or if you’re a male survivor yourself or the Wife, Mum, Dad, Boyfriend, or loved one of a male survivor and you want to know about support options then you can contact:

We Are Survivors
0161 236 2182
support@wearesurvivors.org.uk

Thanks for showing interest in our little survey and sign up to our FREE quarterly magazine Beyond The Silence here:
wearesurvivors.org.uk/breakthesilence/#sign-up