Sexual violence towards females in Matara

Dating violence and the sexual health of black adolescent females.

OBJECTIVE This study examines the association between having a history of dating violence and the sexual health of adolescent females. METHODS Black adolescent females (n = 522) completed a survey that assessed dating violence, defined as ever having a physically abusive boyfriend, and an interview that assessed sexual behaviors. RESULTS Dating violence was reported by 18.4% of adolescents ...

Risk factors associated with sexual violence towards girls in Swaziland.

OBJECTIVE To explore risk factors for sexual violence in childhood in a nationally representative sample of females aged 13 to 24 years in Swaziland. METHODS During a household survey respondents were asked to report any experiences of sexual violence before the age of 18 years. The association between childhood sexual violence and several potential demographic and social risk factors was exp...

Male sexual harassment alters female social behaviour towards other females.

Male harassment of females to gain mating opportunities is a consequence of an evolutionary conflict of interest between the sexes over reproduction and is common among sexually reproducing species. Male Trinidadian guppies Poecilia reticulata spend a large proportion of their time harassing females for copulations and their presence in female social groups has been shown to disrupt female-fema...

Sexual selection in females

Sexual Violence in India