Violência sexual por parceiro íntimo entre homens e mulheres no Brasil urbano, 2005

Abstract

The high magnitude of sexual violence as well as female surtax is confirmed. Violence as a result of gender conflicts, that pervades social stratification and ethnic groups is reiterated. As to the Aids epidemic, sexual violence is an important factor to be taken into consideration when discussing the feminization of the population affected by the disease.

Frequency of self-reported sexual aggression and victimization in Brazil: a literature review

“…Nearly 70% of adult rape cases occurred between 6:00 PM and 6:00 AM. These data differ sharply from those provided by studies in the general population or convenience samples, where both women and men report sexual victimization by intimate partners, occurring in domestic settings, and where other forms of coercion were applied (e.g., taking advantage of victim's incapacitated state) 13,14 . Besides the underreporting problem, the IPEA report did not included victims treated at private clinics, which mainly serve the middle and upper classes in Brazil.…”

“…Two other studies also observed that self-reported victimization in female and male homo-and bisexuals was slightly more frequent than in heterosexuals. However, in the first study the difference was only statistically significant in males 13 . In the second, the samples of homo-and bisexuals were too small to test for statistical significance 14 .…”

“…Of those 11, only four provided data on differences between regions. One study found that female and male prevalence rates of victimization were higher in the North and Northeast, but the difference was only statistically significant in men 13 . A second study showed that the total rate of 16.7% for sexual coercion among young people in Salvador (Northeast Brazil) was significantly higher than the 10.9% in Porto Alegre (South) and 13.1% in Rio de Janeiro (Southeast) 3 .…”

“…Three studies used randomized samples from health service units 25,26,27 and one drew a sample from a vulnerable neighborhood 28 . Of the nine studies held in Brazil's five major regions, only one drew on a representative sample of the Brazilian population 13 , a second on a representative sample of high school sophomores 29 , and a third on a stratified sampling of psychiatric patients 30 . The other six studies, despite their large samples, were based on quota sampling (in which participants are selected according to fixed quotas based on age and rural versus urban areas) 23,24 .…”

“…Twenty-six studies included women only, four studies men only, and 11 studies both women and men (Table 2). Five studies addressed same-sex sexual aggression 13,14,29,34,35 , and 12 studies provided information on race issues 3,13,21,23,24,26,30,32,34,35,36,37 .…”