Have you ever thought about what statutory rape really is and why the law was made? The law was basically made to prevent males from having any type of sexual relationship with a minor. When reading articles about what statutory rape is I questioned myself as to why this law was directed mainly to the male gender. So ask yourself this, do you believe that statutory rape is discriminating towards the male gender? After conducting some research to find out more about statutory rape I believe that it is discriminating towards the male gender. I felt the need to share this topic with my readers after reading some of the information that went more into depth about this certain topic. In previous years statutory rape victims have mainly been female but that is now evolving to being males. A majority of the time when a male has been sexually abused they rarely tell anyone about what occurred and this is a reason why we hardly hear males as the victim in any kind of crime. I blame society for this because it is a social norm for men to be seen as “tough” and “masculine” which makes it hard for males to speak about how they truly are feeling. Statutory rape is a huge topic in controversy whether it comes to the age limit, or the actual law itself. I want to make sure my readers know exactly what the law actually means and why it was first made. Using background knowledge I know that statutory rape is a law that prevents adults from having any kind of sexual intercourse with a minor even if the minor has given consent to the adult who he or she will be having sex with. When this law was made it was during a time period when males could take advantage of females that were a lot younger so the law was created to preventing this to continue. In this generation it has become quite equal with males and females being the offenders but no one has really began to notice the change. I also would mention how many people ignore the fact that gen