The AP (9/16, Tanner) reports a survey study of over 13,000 women age 18 to 44 indicates “the first sexual experience for 1 in 16 U.S. women was forced or coerced intercourse in their early teens.” The findings were published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Reuters (9/16, Rapaport) reports, “The average age at which women became sexually active when they were forced was 15.6 years, compared with 17.4 years for women who reported a voluntary first sexual experience.” Furthermore, “women’s first sexual encounters were with much older men when they were forced: 27 years old on average compared with 21 years with voluntary sexual initiation.”
HealthDay (9/16, Gordon) reports, “Women who were forced into their first sexual experience were twice as likely to report being in fair or poor health as women whose first sexual experience was voluntary.” Additionally, “women forced into sex their first time also were nearly twice as likely to have had an unwanted first pregnancy.” Meanwhile, “they were also far more likely to have pelvic inflammatory disease, endometriosis, and problems with ovulation or menstruation, the study found.”
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— “Many US women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens, “Lindsey Tanner, AP, September 16, 2019