Anderson R E, Piggott D M, Feinstein B A, Dyar C
University of North Dakota, 501 N. Columbia Rd, Stop 8380, Grand Forks, ND 58202 USA.
Kent State University, Kent, USA.
Sex Res Social Policy. 2025;22(3):1158-1168. doi: 10.1007/s13178-024-01030-2. Epub 2024 Sep 26.
LGBTQ+ individuals are more vulnerable to experiencing sexual victimization. To truly prevent sexual victimization, preventing perpetration is necessary. The goal of this study was to increase the inclusivity of sexual violence research by examining the rates of sexual violence perpetration among cisgender, monosexual (e.g., attracted to a single gender, heterosexual or gay/lesbian) adults.
Participants were 828 adult Amazon Mechanical Turk workers who completed the study between March and September 2018. Participants completed the short version of the Post-Refusal Sexual Persistence Scale - Perpetration as part of a larger experiment. Analyses compared four gender by sexual identity groups: heterosexual women (31.5%), heterosexual men (27.8%), lesbian women (21.1%), and gay men (19.6%).
There were group differences in reported perpetration rates. Perpetration rates were higher in both groups of men (heterosexual = 33.0%, gay = 35.0%) compared to both groups of women (heterosexual = 12.6%, lesbian = 20.5%), but rates did not differ within gender. Among the subsample with perpetration histories, heterosexual men were more likely to report using verbal coercion tactics (52.0%) than the other groups (45.5% [heterosexual women], 31.6% [gay men], 30.6% [lesbian women]), and heterosexual women were more likely to report using both verbal coercion and physical force in combination (24.2%) than gay men (5.3%).
There are gender-driven differences in the rate of sexual violence perpetration among monosexual adults, suggesting the need for population-specific prevention efforts.
LGBTQ+群体更容易遭受性侵害。要真正预防性侵害，就必须防止犯罪行为的发生。本研究的目的是通过调查顺性别、单一性取向（例如，只对一种性别有吸引力，异性恋或同性恋）成年人的性暴力犯罪率，提高性暴力研究的包容性。
参与者为828名亚马逊土耳其机器人平台的成年工作人员，他们于2018年3月至9月间完成了这项研究。作为一个更大规模实验的一部分，参与者完成了《拒绝后性坚持量表——犯罪行为》的简短版本。分析比较了四个按性别和性取向划分的群体：异性恋女性（31.5%）、异性恋男性（27.8%）、女同性恋者（21.1%）和男同性恋者（19.6%）。
报告的犯罪率存在群体差异。与两组女性（异性恋女性=12.6%，女同性恋者=20.5%）相比，两组男性（异性恋男性=33.0%，男同性恋者=35.0%）的犯罪率更高，但在性别内部犯罪率没有差异。在有犯罪史的子样本中，异性恋男性比其他群体更有可能报告使用言语胁迫策略（52.0%）（异性恋女性为45.5%，男同性恋者为31.6%，女同性恋者为30.6%），并且异性恋女性比男同性恋者更有可能报告同时使用言语胁迫和身体暴力（24.2%）（男同性恋者为5.3%）。
单一性取向成年人中性暴力犯罪率存在性别驱动差异，这表明需要针对不同人群开展预防工作。
