Associations between sexual precedent and sexual compliance: An event-level examination.

Most studies on agreeing to unwanted sex have assessed sexual encounters between people who have had sex before. Thus, we examined instances of sexual compliance with a novel sexual partner. A probability sample of college students at a university in the Midwest United States ( = 7,112). Participants completed an online survey based on measures from the National Survey of Sexual Health and Behavior. Only 2.5% ( = 179) agreed to unwanted sexual activity at their most recent sexual encounter. People who were sexually compliant with a novel sexual partner frequently did so due to their own alcohol intoxication. Further, sexual compliance with novel sexual partners was less frequently associated with affectionate sexual behaviors or orgasm. Our initial findings regarding the effect of sexual precedent on sexual compliance warrant further research on instances when people agree to sex they don't want with novel partners.