“…Thirty-five percent of women and 40% of men aged 25-44 reported ever having heterosexual anal sex (HAS) (Mosher, Chandra, Jones, & Division of Vital Statistics, 2002). Anal sex carries a greater risk for women than vaginal intercourse (Misegades et al 2001;Voeller, 1991) with respect to HIV transmission, yet research has found that women underestimate the risks of anal sex (Halperin, 1999), and are less likely to use condoms during anal intercourse than vaginal intercourse (Misegades & Page-Shafer, 2001;Solorio, Milburn, Rotheram-Borus, Higgins, & Gelberg, 2006). In fact, seven times more women than homosexual men engage in unprotected receptive anal sex (Halperin).…”