A popular way to establish a character as having a motivation for their depression, angst, distrust of others, and other anti-social tendencies is to have the revelation that they were raped at some point in their past. About 95% of the characters given this treatment are female, but there are still cases of male characters (although even that is predominantly by other men). Examples of Rape as Backstory include:
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