SEXUAL COERCION IN HIGH-SCHOOL DATING

Citation
W. Patton et M. Mannison, SEXUAL COERCION IN HIGH-SCHOOL DATING, Sex roles, 33(5-6), 1995, pp. 447-457
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social","Women s Studies
Journal title
ISSN journal
03600025
Volume
33
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
447 - 457
Database
ISI
SICI code
0360-0025(1995)33:5-6<447:SCIHD>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Retrospective data from a survey of Australian undergraduate universit y students indicated that sexual coercion leading to sex play and sexu al intercourse is a feature of dating behavior in high school. Fifty-t hree percent of 217 females reported that a boy had ''overestimated th e level of sexual intimacy...desired,'' while 45 percent of 72 males r eported that a girl had ''underestimated the level of sexual intimacy. ..desired.'' While data was not gathered on ethnic origin, the majorit y of students were Australian born, although family of origin would ha ve been culturally varied. The data illustrate sexual coercion leading to both sex play and intercourse, with a number of factors being impl icated in its occurrence, including alcohol and drugs and males ''sayi ng things they didn't really mean, '' through to threat and use of for ce. They support that the existence of sexual coercion among high scho ol students, a population that has received little research attention in this area, is comparable to its existence in the college/university years.