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    It is not the case that Trauma research demonstrates heterosexual men who survived sexual assault share phenomenologically overlapping experiences with female rape victims.

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    • 1.Female rape victims face systemic gendered violence (reproductive coercion, persistent threat) creating phenomenologically distinct experiences.
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    • 2.Research conflating experiences risks erasing gender-specific harms and redirecting resources away from gendered sexual violence prevention.
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    • 3.Claiming phenomenological overlap requires evidence these groups report identical meaning-making, not just similar symptom profiles.
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    • 1.Sexual assault causes similar neurobiological responses (hypervigilance, intrusive memories) across genders due to shared trauma mechanisms.
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    • 2.Male survivors report comparable psychological impacts: PTSD, shame, difficulty with intimacy—suggesting overlapping phenomenological experience.
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    • 3.Gender-specific social factors (masculinity norms, disclosure barriers) create distinct but parallel psychological burdens for male survivors.
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