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Table 2 Characteristics of forced sex experiences (by cases of forced sex (%)) 1

From: Histories of forced sex and health outcomes among Southern African lesbian and bisexual women: a cross-sectional study

 

Forced by men

Forced by women

 
 

(n = 145)

(n = 96)

χ 2

Perpetrator was intimate partner

51 (36.4)

55 (59.1)

10.09*

Perpetrator known to participant

  

3.29

 Known

87 (65.9)

68 (77.3)

 

 Some known and some unknown

15 (11.4)

7 (8.0)

 

 Unknown

30 (22.7)

13 (14.8)

 

Frequency of experience

  

1.31

 Once

61 (46.2)

36 (41.9)

 

 More than once

71 (53.8)

50 (58.1)

 

Type of sex2

   

 Fingers or objects in vagina

55 (50.9)

34 (45.3)

 

 Fingers or objects in anus

22 (21.0)

16 (23.5)

 

 Oral sex on participant

34 (32.7)

34 (46.6)

 

 Oral sex on forcing partner

48 (44.9)

42 (56.0)

 

 Penis in vagina

108 (85.0)

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 Penis in anus

34 (31.5)

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 Stimulated vagina of participant

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47 (60.3)

 

 Stimulated vagina of forcing partner

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40 (54.8)

 

Seriousness

  

29.7*

 Not serious at all

32 (22.9)

37 (40.2)

 

 Somewhat serious

16 (11.4)

25 (27.2)

 

 Serious

29 (20.7)

17 (18.5)

 

 Very serious

63 (45.0)

13 (14.1)

 
  1. 1N’s may not sum to total due to missing data; percentages reported are percent of valid data.
  2. 2Type of sex is percent of total reporting forced sex by this gender; respondents could report more than one type of sex. Differences between proportions not tested.
  3. *p < .001.