Citation

Logan TK, Cole J, Shannon L. Violence Vict. 2007; 22(1): 71-94.

Affiliation

Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40504, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Springer Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

17390564

Abstract

Although partner sexual abuse is clearly an important dimension of partner violence, it has received less research attention than partner physical and psychological abuse. This article contributes to the literature by examining similarities and differences in coercive and degrading sexual tactics experienced by women who do (n = 31) and women who do not (n = 31) report forced sex using quantitative and qualitative data. The women in the sample had all been recently (within the past 6 months) stalked by a violent intimate partner. Results suggest that both women who do and women who do not report forced sex experience various coercive and degrading tactics within the context of sexual activity. Results also suggest that multiple sexual abuse dimensions should be considered within the context of partner psychological abuse, physical abuse, and stalking and that more research on understanding the outcomes associated with dimensions of sexual abuse within the context of physical and psychological abuse is needed.

Language: en