The experiences amount to rape, the authors say, although they relied on a national survey that didn’t use the word in asking women about forced sex.
In the years after coerced or forced sex, affected women had more sex partners, unwanted pregnancies and abortions, and more reproductive health problems including pelvic pain and menstrual irregularities than women whose first sexual experience weren’t forced.The study couldn’t establish whether forced sex caused or contributed to any of the health or other problems.
FILE – In this Jan. 20, 2018 file photo, a marcher carries a sign with the popular Twitter hashtag #MeToo used by people speaking out against sexual harassment as she takes part in a Women’s March in Seattle. According to a study published Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, the first sexual experience for many U.S. women were forced or coerced intercourse in their early teens encounters that for some may have had lasting health repercussions.
The researchers focused on a survey question that asked during in-person interviews if women’s first vaginal intercourse experience with a man “was voluntary or not voluntary, that is, did you did you choose to have sex of your own free will or not?” The journal editorial notes that the study lacks information on women’s health and any abuse before their first sexual encounter.
Sex education specialist Dan Rice said inadequate sex education in U.S. schools contributes to the problem.Just 24 states require sexual education to be taught to public schools and some programs focus only on abstinence.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: manilabulletin - 🏆 25. / 51 Read more »
Source: manilabulletin - 🏆 25. / 51 Read more »
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »