@article{6f8fcfc1c9194c9bafe918c7135b78b8,
title = "An Event-Level Investigation of Factors Associated With Young Women{\textquoteright}s Experiences of Coerced Consensual Sex",
abstract = "Little is known about instances of coerced consensual sex in which women report both that they consented to have sex and that their partner used coercive tactics (e.g., made threats) to get them to have sex when they did not want to. Yet, these experiences are frequently reported by young sexually active women. We examined the relationship between sexual victimization history and the woman{\textquoteright}s level of alcohol intoxication in the likelihood of experiencing coerced consensual sex using event-level data collected over a 1-year period from 548 young adult nonproblem drinking women who engaged in sexual activity with men. Twenty percent (n = 112) reported at least one incident of coerced consensual sex. A generalized estimating equation model revealed main effects of daily estimated blood alcohol content (eBAC) and sexual victimization severity. The more women increased their alcohol consumption above their own average and the more severe their sexual victimization history, the more likely they were to experience coerced consensual sex. Our findings highlight the fact that coercion and consent are not mutually exclusive in some situations and shed light on this important yet understudied coercive sexual experience.",
keywords = "alcohol, coercion, consensual sex, sexual victimization history",
author = "Stappenbeck, {Cynthia A.} and Jeanette Norris and Rhiana Wegner and Bryan, {Amanda E.B.} and Davis, {Kelly Cue} and Tina Zawacki and Abdallah, {Devon A.} and George, {William H.}",
note = "Funding Information: Stappenbeck Cynthia A. 1 Norris Jeanette 1 Wegner Rhiana 1 Bryan Amanda E. B. 1 Davis Kelly Cue 1 Zawacki Tina 2 Abdallah Devon A. 1 George William H. 1 1 University of Washington, Seattle, USA 2 The University of Texas at San Antonio, TX, USA Cynthia A. Stappenbeck, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, 1100 NE 45th Street, Suite 300, Seattle, WA 98105, USA. Email: cstappen@uw.edu 1 2020 35 1-2 384 402 {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017 2017 SAGE Publications Little is known about instances of coerced consensual sex in which women report both that they consented to have sex and that their partner used coercive tactics (e.g., made threats) to get them to have sex when they did not want to. Yet, these experiences are frequently reported by young sexually active women. We examined the relationship between sexual victimization history and the woman{\textquoteright}s level of alcohol intoxication in the likelihood of experiencing coerced consensual sex using event-level data collected over a 1-year period from 548 young adult nonproblem drinking women who engaged in sexual activity with men. Twenty percent ( n = 112) reported at least one incident of coerced consensual sex. A generalized estimating equation model revealed main effects of daily estimated blood alcohol content (eBAC) and sexual victimization severity. The more women increased their alcohol consumption above their own average and the more severe their sexual victimization history, the more likely they were to experience coerced consensual sex. Our findings highlight the fact that coercion and consent are not mutually exclusive in some situations and shed light on this important yet understudied coercive sexual experience. coercion alcohol sexual victimization history consensual sex typesetter ts1 Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by grants from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (R01AA014512 and K08AA021745). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Author(s) 2017.",
year = "2020",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0886260516683178",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "35",
pages = "384--402",
journal = "Journal of Interpersonal Violence",
issn = "0886-2605",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "1-2",
}