Early Sexual Experiences: How Voluntary? How Violent?
Edward Laumann, Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of Chicago, shares findings from the 1994 National Health and Social Life Survey, which suggest that having a violent or coercive first sexual experience is not as rare an occurrence as had been previously believed. Seminar participants — experts on sexuality and sexual relationships — debate the prevalence and consequences of abusive and negative first sexual experiences. This publication was produced as part of an ongoing seminar series, jointly sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), on “Sexuality and American Social Policy.” The series is co-sponsored by The Alan Guttmacher Institute, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and The Population Council.