Summaries and Additional Data from Study Results on Women's Heterosexual
Aggression
Authors | N | Population | Outcomes |
Sarrel & Masters, 1982 | 11 | Men seeking sex therapy | Reported negative emotional response to sexual abuse |
Struckman-Johnson & Struckman-Johnson 1994 | 204 | College men,
X age = 22 |
33% experienced pressured or forced sex since age 16 |
Larimer, Lydum, Anderson, and Turner 1999 | M=165
W=131 |
College Students in Greek orgs.
X age = 19 |
20.7% of men and 27.5% (ns) of women experienced unwanted sexual contact; .6% of men and 4.6% of women experienced physically forced sexual contact (p < .05) |
Anderson 1998 | 461 | College women
X age = 22, 78% single |
32% to 51% reported initiating sexual contact with a man who was "under the influence" of alcohol or drugs |
Anderson, 1996 | 212 | College women
X age = 22, 78% single |
Women who held adversarial beliefs about relationships and/or experienced past sexual abuse were more likely to be sexually aggressive toward men |
Struckman-Johnson & Struckman-Johnson, 1992 | M=157
W=158 |
College Students
X age = 20 |
Approx. 20% believed that it is impossible to rape a man |
Margolin 1990 | M=171
W=194 |
College Students | It is more acceptable for a woman to deny sexual consent than for a man |
Craig Shea 1998 | #1=171
#2=261 |
College Women
X age = 19 |
Coercers were more likely to have experienced physical punishment as a child, to have said "no" but meant "yes" to sexual intercourse, and to have experienced sexual coercion |
Clements-Schrieber, et.al., 1998 | 234 | Canadian women
X age = 39 |
31% to 97% reported a likelihood of using overt pressure (kissing, touching, undressing) and 13% to 28% of using covert (get him drunk, make him jealous) to get sex from a reluctant man |
Struckman-Johnson, 1988 | M=268
W=355 |
College Students
X age = 20 |
Of those coerced, more men than women (52% vs. 16%) experienced psychological force, more women than men (55% vs. 10%) physical force, and equal percents (10%) no consent due to intoxication |
Anderson & Aymami, 1993 | M=128
W=212 |
College Students
X age = 24 |
15 of 26 items showed significantly higher support by men than women |
Anderson & Sorensen, 1999 | M=82
W=163 |
College Students
X age = 22 |
12 of 17 items showed significantly higher support by men than women |