Results from a new study suggest that 6.5 percent of women were forced into their first time—either physically or through other forms of pressure.
Still, it is not clear how prevalent forced sexual encounters are during a girl or woman's first experience of vaginal intercourse or, indeed, the long-term health ramifications that can result.
Participants were asked:"Would you say that this first vaginal intercourse [with a male] was voluntary or not voluntary, that is, did you choose to have sex of your own free will or not?" Those that responded"not voluntary" were categorized as having had a forced sexual initiation for the study, published inParticipants were then asked a series of follow-up questions including"Were you threatened with physical harm or injury?" and"Were you given alcohol or...
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