:: FBI Changes Its Definition, Includes Male Rape

"The FBI recently changed its long-standing policy that recognized rape as a crime affecting only women, a change that will bring more accurate counts of male rape and provide better resources to victims.

In its crime reports and tallies, the FBI will now include men among rape victims. Their new provision describes rape as any kind of forced penetration. Along with advocates for victims of sexual crimes, Vice President Joseph Biden pushed for the change. He said the new policy will reverse 80 years of not accounting for male rape victims."