You have to understand that sexual assault is very strongly tied to broader gender issues. The understanding of it that you have now is not one you would have had 30 years ago. In many respects, the circumstances for a woman would be similar to what the male described. Sadly, they often still are.

The unfortunate byproduct of gender issues is that they well... are gendered. If you're in university, I encourage you to take some social sciences related to it. Especially if you are male. You will struggle to find a more awkward and uncomfortable situation. You will, inevitably, be given the statistic that "1 in 4 women in this classroom will be sexually assaulted." They might even do the "look to your left, then to your right" exercise. Then they will pause for a moment to let that sink in. Think about it.

Now look to your left and right to the men around you. How much sexual assault can one person do? Just mentally tick it off, its probably not exactly equal, but look at every fifth male and think of him as guilty, now or in the future, of sexual assault. You might think this sounds extreme, but at least some of the women in that classroom are looking at you like that. A not insignificant portion of all women will ask that about all men. Girls don't walk alone across your campus for fear of getting raped, even though, statistically, the guy-friend she has walk her home is more likely to rape her than a stranger. Girls walking alone will carry their keys to use as a weapon, pretend to talk on the phone, avoid poorly lit places, and constantly fear for their safety. This isn't reddit bullshit, a lot of women truly do those things and truly worry about that.

Consider that mindset. The classes generally try to force you to. This exercise is one that groups have used to change policy surrounding sexual assault. Go look at the signs protestors had at university of virginia. Many center on this core idea that women should not have this fear. But ingrained in this is, well, gender. Women are victims, men are perpetrators. Its part of the core of gender issues, gender X is a victim of gender Y, or else it isn't a gender issue, is it?

The successes have been hard earned after decades of battles in policy and public awareness. Not only is there an innate gender bias in victim (female) or perpetrator (male), but there is an innate bias towards their own ideology. They have entire majors and fields of study about gender. They have their own journals. Their own conferences. Their own policy organizations. They run their own ad campaigns. They host their own events. We have this image of scientists always being about facts and accuracy.

But, if you really get to know your professors and listen to their bitching about so and so getting tenure and so on, you'll realize half of them think the other half are hacks as it is. They get attached to their ideologies and the same data can often be used to support antagonistic positions. You can define conditions in and out of existence. It can all be quite justified in peer review. The apparatus connecting the fields related to gender issues has almost been exclusively oriented towards women as the victim of [insert noun]. A few months ago I read the abstract of a study in a feminist journal that related male's preference in breast size to their oppressive attitudes. "Oppressive attitudes" was not defined in the abstract. Could you imagine a man studying relating women's preference penis size to their submissive attitudes? That such a thing could be studied, published, and taken quite seriously when using that language shows how taken for granted it is that males perpetrate. Although, to be fair, it was a rather obscure journal. But words like "oppression" being used so cavalierly indicates the fields orientation. Giving that up is difficult for the "experts" to do.

So, to conclude, its really difficult for relevant groups to acclimate to the idea of male victims of females. There is a real, genuine, and general fear of men. There is an implicit gender stereotype that women are victims and men are perpetrators, or at least, more victims are women and most perpetrators are men. Then there is the ideological attachment inside of the field that has built up around this idea and is very unwilling to see it any other way.

It'll change, eventually. Just be aware, spread awareness, and have hope. Think critically and challenge things.