August 30, 2023
Young women report higher rates of forced sexual intercourse during pandemic
The rate of forced intercourse in early adulthood rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a potential increase in unintended pregnancies and many other sexual, reproductive and mental health problems. In the University of Michigan news release, Bill Axinn said,
“National data was beginning to show a decline in forced intercourse before the pandemic —not a big decline, but a decline. And then during the pandemic, rates rose, and in some specific age groups of women, the rise was a statistically significant increase.”
William G. Axinn, Brady T. West & Heather M. Schroeder (2023). Forced intercourse in America: a pandemic update. BMC Public Health, 23(1201).