The four countries included in this study (Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe) belong to the African global burden of disease (GBD) region as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO). The finding that about a third of the women had forced sex experiences suggests the need for greater concern for the safety of lesbian and bisexual women in these countries.

It might be useful to think of it this way: two women can have sex in whatever ways they want, including vaginal sex. You can read more about it here: Harnessing Savings by Isabella Rotman (guest comic on Oh Joy Sex Toy).

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In the multivariate analysis, none of the demographic and sexual and gender orientation variables were significantly associated with ever having been tested for HIV ( Table 2). This is particularly so with cases of forced sex that are motivated by the fact that the victim is a member of a sexual minority, such as in corrective rape. Women were asked to indicate on a 5-point scale (None of the time -- All of the time) how often they had experienced feelings of distress in the preceding 4 weeks. it's true that even my fantasies could suffer from comphet, and i really liked what you said about if a label makes me happy, it's mine, that's reassuring.

Table 2 compares the participants’ histories of experiences of forced sex by men and by women (women without forced sex experiences do not figure in this Table; participants with forced sex experiences with both men and women are included twice). Compared to women who only had one female sexual partner (lifetime), women with 2 to 4 partners and 5 to 9 were more likely to ever have been tested. The article's headline has been changed from 'We're being pressured into sex by some trans women' in light of a ruling from the BBC's Executive Complaints unit. This includes lesbians, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, queer, trans, straight women and all other women.

Almost half of the women had completed secondary education or less; the other women had been or were still involved in some kind of higher level education.

These studies address women’s experiences of forced sex by men; forced sex experiences by women are understudied.

Studies furthermore have shown that human papillomavirus (HPV) is common among WSW, while evidence strongly suggests that HPV transmission occurs among WSW [20]– [22]. The information contained herein is not meant to be used to diagnose or treat a health problem or disease, or for prescribing any medication.I really like this article as a starting place for that: How to Approach Sexual Fantasy and Desire on Your Own Terms. American essayist, queer theorist and poet Adrienne Rich first introduced the idea of “compulsory heterosexuality” in the 1980s when she published her essay “ Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence. Signed consent forms would themselves have presented a larger threat to the participant's privacy since they would be the only documentation linking the participant to a study about a potentially stigmatizing behavior (same-sex sexual behavior)? Because we associate penises with men and vaginas with women, some people think they could never date a trans man with a vagina or a trans woman with a penis. There's a common argument that they try and use that goes 'What if you met a woman in a bar and she's really beautiful and you got on really well and you went home and you discovered that she has a penis?