Men can recover from sexual abuse trauma as thoroughly as women. In my clinical practice, I have seen some differences in the details.
Men don t always have easy access to their feelings.
Men have a harder time admitting they have been sexually abused. Based upon sex role stereotyping, young boys who have been molested by older women are often very confused about what happened. On the one hand, they feel flattered and macho about this. At the same time, their instincts and emotions know that something was not quite right about what happened. As a male, realizing what was done to you often takes longer than it does for women.