Sexualidade em mulheres vitimas de violencia sexual / Sexuality in women after sexual assault

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2007

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Introduction: Sexual assault against women is a problem of public health and this problem should be banished worldwide. It affects children, teenagers and women, mainly young women with healthy sexual life, it doesn´t matter the race and social status. It is estimated that less than 20% of sexual assault cases are reported. It can cause some physical, psychological and sexual damage, this last one is still not very well studied. Objective: evaluate the results of sexual assault against women´s sexuality who were raped. Subjects and methods: observational study with 42 women treated in this Special Service Clinic of CAISM, healthy sexual life, victims of rape. Analyzed aspects: age, race, school degree, marital status, social level, religion, number of rapists, rapist status, type of sexual assault, reaction of the spouse after knowing about the rape, sexual behavior before and after rape: average sexual intercourse a week, frequency of sexual desire and orgasm, sexual practice ways and positions chosen during coitus, seeker for sexual practice, sexual satisfaction and period of time to start a new stage of sexual life. Results: 76% of women were white under 35 years old. Two thirds of them had a spouse when they were raped; 54% had studied until junior high school; 57% made R$380,00 a month and 52% were catholic. Sexual assault with vaginal practice was the most common, the rapist was unknown in 93% of cases. There was a significantly decrease in the weekly sexual practice from 3,3 to 1,8. In 64% of women, the orgasm decreased to 27% after the sexual assault. Women initiative to the sexual act decreased from 50% to 18%. Fourteen in 42 women (33,4%) didn´t have started a new stage of sexual life, six months after sexual assault. Conclusion: women who were raped have sexual problems. The support programs for victims of sexual assault should detect signs of sexual disorder and include them in their protocols of specialized supervision

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violencia sexual sexuality violencia contra a mulher sexual violence sexualidade women violence against

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