Sexual aggression against males: Differences between acts by males and females - Results from the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD)
Autor: | Christian Wiessner, Laura Pietras, Franziska Brunner, Peer Briken, Safiye Tozdan |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male 050103 clinical psychology Sexual Behavior Poison control Human sexuality Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Surveys and Questionnaires Injury prevention Developmental and Educational Psychology Prevalence Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Sexual violence 05 social sciences Aggression Psychiatry and Mental health Sexual abuse Child sexual abuse Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Psychology Sexuality 050104 developmental & child psychology Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Child abuseneglect. 117 |
ISSN: | 1873-7757 |
Popis: | Background Current research examining sexual aggression against males is rare and representative studies often do not sufficiently differentiate between male and female affected persons, male and female offending person, as well as between different types of sexual aggression. Objective We investigated the prevalence of sexual aggression against males perpetrated by males and females distinguished by the type of sexual aggression and examined differences between sexual aggression against males committed by males and females in characteristics of the sexual aggression. Participants and Setting We examined representative self-report data collected in the German Health and Sexuality Survey (GeSiD; n = 4,955). A total of 305 male participants (12.3 % of all male participants) experienced at least one incident of sexual aggression. Method We investigated differences between characteristics of male- and female-perpetrated sexual aggression against males in cases of (1) sexual aggression against minors by adults, (2) sexual aggression among minors/peers, and (3) sexual aggression among adults. Characteristics of sexual aggression included were frequency, relation of accused person, disclosure, participant’s age at first incident, and accused person’s age at first incident. Results Our results revealed that the proportion of sexual aggression by females against males is rather low in cases of sexual aggression against minors by adults (9 %) compared with sexual aggression among minors/peers (56 %) and among adults (52 %). Although the majority of characteristics of sexual aggression were similar, some differences between male- and female-perpetrated sexual aggression were found. Conclusions Sexual aggression against males appears to be an under-researched phenomenon, especially when it is perpetrated by a female person. More research on sexual aggression against males as well as on the differences between male- and female-perpetrated sexual aggression is therefore considered necessary. |
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