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The majority of incidences of habitual pressured and/or forced sexual contact and/or sexual intercourse was experienced by boys. Girls are more likely to have these incidents as isolated experiences.

Topic: Violence, Intimate Partner

Source

Citation: Partner exploitation and violence in teenage intimate relationships, pp. 66-67
Author(s): Barter, McCarry, Berridge, Evans
Institution(s): NSPCC

Link: https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/research-reports/partner-exploitation-violence-teenage-intimate-relationships-report.pdf?affId=1991357


Nation(s): United Kingdom
Year(s): 2009
Source: Primary
Type: Survey

Discussion

Other Notes:

"Three-quarters (n=146) of girls stated the sexual violence occurred in only a single relationship. However, for a quarter (n=43) the violence had happened in a few relationships. In contrast, boys reported a higher level of sexual victimisation across relationships. Fewer boys, nearly half (n=47), reported that the violence had occurred in only a single relationship. A similar proportion of boys, a third (n=31), stated that it had happened in a few relationships. However, and in contrast to girls, 20 per cent of boys reported sexual violence in many or all of their relationships. This represents the highest frequency rate for all forms of violence irrespective of gender." (p. 68)