Here’s what I don’t get. So this doctor raped like 100 something grown men. And they were wrestlers. Aren’t they supposed to be tough? And nobody kicked his ass? He deserved a good ass kicking, for starters.
So blaming rape victims is never a good start, but here we go.
These were very young men in high pressure enviroment. Teenagers, mostly. Maybe 18/19, but not mature adults. They had no support network, as even the coaches turned a blind eye to it as you can see with Jim jordan who they reached out to get help from. This happened basically as the Internet was first starting, in the 80s/90s, so no social media to reach out to.
The “doctor” used sport exams as cover for his sexual assaults. These young men thought it was just them not “being tough” about part of their sport. They didn’t know he did this to a hundred other men.
They probally did know, that even if they did come forward, victim blaming assholes would say it was their fault for not “kicking his ass.” That they would be shamed for being weak about not only being raped, but by not “being manly” about it.
So yeah, like most sexual assualt, the rapist targeted young, vulnerable people unsure of themselves who he knew had no support network. Then, like now, he knew people would blame them as much as possible, and people continue to help rapists by doing so.
I’m not blaming them. Nobody is at fault over what was done to them other than the person who did it and the dickhead who covered it up. I’m just surprised that he managed to do that to so many men and nobody did anything about it. And these were people who likely got scholarships for being tough. Gym Jordan wouldn’t be able to cover up a doctor with a broken jaw and gouged out eyeballs.