This study presented and tested a model of sexual satisfaction for late adolescent girls. In this model, sexual self-concept and approach sexual motives were tested as predictors of adolescent girls’ sexual satisfaction with their most recent experience of sexual intercourse. A total of 116 girls in 12th grade (ages 16-19) completed measures of sexual self-concept and sexual experiences. A smal...

Ninety-four women attending a family planning clinic for emergency contraception (EC) were asked how certain they were of the date of their last menstrual period (LMP), of the timing of intercourse, and how many times in the cycle they had had sex. Urinary pregnanediol concentrations were analyzed in 64 women to assess whether they had ovulated before they used EC. Forty-five women were certain...

Legal barriers to conducting public health research on methods of protection for anal intercourse were lifted in the United States in 2003 when the US Supreme Court invalidated all state antisodomy laws. Although research funding has been available for the development of rectal microbicides, the female condom, which has already been approved for vaginal use, has not been evaluated for anal use....

BACKGROUND Genital human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is believed to be primarily sexually transmitted. Few studies have documented the detection of HPV in the vagina before first vaginal intercourse. METHODS We used a longitudinally followed cohort of adolescent females without prior vaginal intercourse to examine the frequency of detection of vaginal HPV and the association between first ...

This article examined sexual coercion within marriage in Egypt. Using cross-sectional survey data from a representative sample of married Egyptian women (N = 5,240), associations between forced intercourse and husband's control, as well as other relevant sociodemographic factors, were assessed through binary logistic regression models. The lifetime prevalence of forced intercourse was 6.2% and ...

The overall aim of this study was to investigate the social and cultural factors and consequences of young female sexual intercourse (Case Study: Khorramabad city). The survey method was used to analyze the statistical population of all 15 to 50-year-old women in Khorramabad city. The sample size was 373 persons using Cochran's formula. Sampling method was simple random sampling. Data were coll...

BACKGROUND HIV is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Zambia. Like many other African nations with high HIV burden, heterosexual intercourse is the commonest mode of HIV spread. The estimation of prevalence and factors associated with sexual intercourse among in-school adolescents has potential to inform public health interventions aimed at reducing the burden of sex-related diseases ...

Abstract Objectives Individuals with paraphilic interests such as sexual in rape, masochism or violent restraint, may have difficulties establishing healthy, consensual intimate relationships. We aimed to examine whether adults interest synchronizing their partner achieving orgasm during intercourse. Methods A nationally representative sample of 1193 Czech completed an online survey examining a...

INTRODUCTION Penile fracture is defined as blunt trauma resulting in a tear of tunica albuginea surrounding the corpus cavernosum and rapidly expanding hematoma during erection. Concomitant penile fracture with urethral rupture has been reported from 10% to 20% in all penile fracture cases. However, isolated urethral injury during sexual inter courseis extremely rare. In females, intercourse-re...