NCJ Number
153566
Journal
Sex Roles: A Journal of Research Volume: 28 Issue: 5/6 Dated: (March 1993) Pages: 263-277
Date Published
1993
Length
15 pages
Annotation
Sexual abuse at Canadian universities is discussed.
Abstract
This article discusses the results of a 1990 exploratory study of 259 Canadian undergraduate women. Results of the study indicate that although Canada generally has a lower crime rate than the United States, sexual aggression against women does not seem to be lower. Further, there is an extraordinary victimization rate for the stranger sexual advances that are legal or barely illegal, but which form a major component of women's fears. Most surveyed women stated that they had been victimized during the preceding year by uncomfortable stranger aggression in public places, while approximately one-third of those who date reported at least one episode of physical, verbal, or psychological sexual coercion. Close to 25 percent of the women said they had sexual intercourse when they did not want to during the preceding year. A brief literature review is provided as are tables and references.