White male adolescents in the ADD Health Study were asked: "Did you ever physically force someone to have sexual intercourse against her will?" Here are the percentages who answered "yes" listed by church attendance:
Percent of males having forced sex (N = 604)
Never attends 4.2
Less than once a month 2.3
Between monthly and less than weekly 3.5
Once a week or more 1.2
There are no significant differences here, but if that issue is ignored, guys who never attend church are 3 1/2 times more likely to report forced sex than those who go weekly or more often.
Girls were asked: "Were you ever physically forced to have sexual intercourse against your will?
Percent of females forced to have sex (N = 657)
Never attends 15.7
Less than once a month 11.3
Between monthly and less than weekly 11.9
Once a week or more 10.5
Once again, there are no significant differences, but the numbers suggest that, compared to girls who attend most frequently, those who never go are 1 1/2 times more likely to have been forced. Less restrictiveness on the part of the parents seems the most probable explanation.
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Thanks for pointing out there are no significant differences.
ReplyDeleteAll the segments of women are well below the oft-cited "25% of women will be raped."
ReplyDeleteActually, "25% of women will be raped" is quite plausible when roughly 10-15% of adolescents have already been raped.
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