A new study by Sandra L. Martin and Rebecca J. Macy looks at sexual violence and how it impacts women’s behavioral and reproductive health. From Vawnet.org:
Adult female sexual violence survivors are more likely than other women to engage in unsafe sex practices, including having multiple sex partners, not negotiating condom use, having sex with men who do not use condoms, trading sex for money/drugs, and having sex with an HIV-infected partner. Theorists propose that the links between sexual violence and unsafe sex behaviors are due to the trauma of sexual victimization; however, longitudinal research on this topic would help to illuminate ties between sexual violence and unsafe sex behaviors
Sexual Violence Against Women: Impact on High-Risk Health Behaviors and Reproductive Health
