Les comportements de coercition sexuelle commis par les femmes examin és sous l’approche de la criminologie développementale

Conclusion Les résultats mettent en lumière l’importance de considérer la présence de continuité des troubles du comportement de l’enfance à l’âge adulte dans l’élaboration des modèles explicatifs de la coercition sexuelle par les femmes. Objectives Based on the developmental criminology perspective, this study examines the association between the history of behavior problems in childhood and adolescence and the use of sexually coercive behaviors by women (seduction, manipulation, intoxication and physical force). In addition, this study examines the association between the use of sexual coercion and physical aggression (e.g., hitting a partner with an object, pushing or shoving) and psychological aggression (e.g., yelling at a partner, keeping him from seeing friends) toward their actual partner (or their last partner) during a disagreement to document different coercive behaviors used by women. Method The data were collected from a sample of female heterosexual university students (n =274; mean age, 22.9 years). The participants completed the Multidimensional Inventory of Development, Sex and Aggression (MIDSA; Knight, 2007). Results The findings suggest that women who had behavior problems in childhood and adolescence tend to use sexual coercion to a greater extent than women without a history of behavior problems. Moreover, the findings suggest that women who use sexual coercion are also prone to resort to psychological aggression toward a partner duri...
Source: Sexologies - Category: Sexual Medicine Source Type: research