Experiences with sexual aggression within the general population in the Czech Republic.
In a representative survey of the sexual behavior of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (862 men and 825 women older than 15), questions were included concerning experience with sexually aggressive behavior: 11.6% of women reported this kind of experience (3.4% of them more than once). The average age at the time of rape was 21.2 years. Most of these experiences occurred within marriage or a stable partnership. In only a tenth of them the perpetrator was a stranger. Only 3.4% of the offenses were reported to police. Of Czech men, 4.8% replied positively to the question whether they had ever forced a woman to have sexual contact. The most common form of these enforced contacts was vaginal coitus.
Institute of Sexology, Charles University, Praha, Czech Republic.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression; D018153:Czech Republic; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000706:statistics & numerical data