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Eran Hahn –who runs a helpline for male sexual abuse survivors– on one of the last taboos: “One of every three women and one of every five men undergo sexual abuse during their lifetime. That's a lot. —“We know that up to age 12, boys and girls are affected at equal rates.” “That's correct. Sexual abuse of men is very widespread, but the subject isn't talked about. It's silenced… “The fight or flight, or freeze, response is not gender-dependent. It happens to everyone – men and women. But for us, as men, it's intolerable to think that we couldn't rely on ourselves, because all our lives we're told that we can be relied on… “Studies show that most men harbor the secret of sexual abuse for around 20 years…” “We can talk about toxic masculinity, about Jeffrey Epstein, about all the places in which in which men exploit their strength and their status. But a social discourse about vulnerability? That's a no. Never mind sexual trauma.” https://www.haaretz.com/science-and-health/2026-03-18/ty-article-magazine/how-freed-hostages-sex-assault-accounts-led-other-male-survivors-to-speak-out/0000019c-fcda-df92-a9df-fddad1160000