article_snippet.sent: There is also a greater awareness among prosecutors, judges and the general public that students who are victimized by an authority figure, regardless of gender, experience trauma with life-long consequences. '
article_snippet.sent: Depression, low-self esteem and difficulty maintaining future relationships are among the long-term consequences that male victims face, according to experts.
article_snippet.sent: Those problems are sometimes compounded by confusion and guilt over whether Those problems are actually victims since victims adolescent bodies involuntarily respond to physical contact.
article_snippet.sent: The crackdown is the result of 'two seismic shifts,' said Christopher Anderson, executive director of Male Survivor, the largest U.S. advocacy organization for male sex-crime victims.
article_snippet.sent: One is a recognition that it does not matter who the perpetrator is or what the circumstances are.
article_snippet.sent: The second is a shift in the culture where boys and their parents are feeling empowered to come forward to say that something has been done.'
article_snippet.sent: That was after a female prosecutor reportedly said in court that the victim's senior year became a nightmare, the victim's senior year became a nightmare grades plunged and the victim's senior year became a nightmare still struggles with social interactions.
article_snippet.sent: It's like it erases what used to be that barrier.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Attitudes have now changed and more are being prosecuted .
  