The question on the Floor for discussion tonight is?

Can a man be raped and if so cite examples in your community or case law should you know of it.

Earlier in the evening on a social networking site a dear friend posted a link indicating that a congressmen or senator has brought up a bill stating that a women who is raped should basically buck it up and deliver the child should she become pregnant. The dear friend indicated that rape is a women's only disease and that men are perps not the victims.

So I said WRONG. Men are raped nearly as much as women but that the crime is rarely called rape when a man is sexually assaulted. It is always called something other than rape. I cited examples of how many man are raped and that the definition of penetration, at least in Illinois, has been changed to include objects other than a mans you know what.

So I ask you the public. What is your opinion? Can men be raped and should the crime be called rape.