Forced to be Feminine: Boyfriend to Lesbian: A Forced Feminisation Novel

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Forced sexual experiences were assessed with the question “Has a man or boy ever made you have sex when you did not want to by using force or threatening to harm you or someone close to you?

the most common form of sex that occurred when sex was forced by women was stimulation of the participants’ vagina (60. You should always consult your own healthcare provider if you have a health problem or medical condition. In addition, we were interested in exploring whether forced sex experiences might affect women’s sense of belonging.If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. Regarding the use of recreational drugs, women were asked if in the preceding 3 months they had used any of the following drugs: marijuana/pot/hash, poppers, cocaine, crack, uppers or speed (amphetamines), downers (barbiturates), psychedelics/LSD/mushrooms/other hallucinogens, heroin/other opiates.

Such interventions should differentiate between forced sex in intimate lesbian and heterosexual relationships as well as forced sex by other persons than intimate partners. And if you were to say that you're only attracted to people with vaginas or people with penises it really feels like you are reducing people just to their genitals.

They tried to do the right thing and they gave them a chance, and realised that they are a lesbian and they didn't want to be with someone with a male body, and the concept of transphobia and bigotry is used as an emotional weapon, that you can't leave because otherwise you're a transphobe," she said. Matebeni, Reddy, and Sandfort), and representatives of the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa as the funding institution (Southey-Swartz and Tallis). Though I’ve still got a while to go to dismantle compulsory heterosexuality in my life, the document opened my eyes. Lesbian and bisexual women considered experiences of forced sex by men to be more serious than those by women. The master doc can help you understand where you lie on the infinite, confusing, ever-flexible spectrum of sexuality and attraction.

By examining the symptoms of compulsory heterosexuality, women can begin to dismantle the socialized idea of attraction in their mind and discover what attraction really is to them. Clinicians should be made aware of the prevalence and possible consequences of forced sex among lesbian and bisexual women. Sexual contact with men seems to occur frequently among lesbian women and other WSW [31]– [33]: Diamant et al. While some drinking problems may have pre-dated experiences of forced sex or even contributed to the likelihood of experiencing forced sex, the problem drinking measured in the study was recent; this association needs to be explored in future studies. as for the relgious guilt, yeah i have really struggled with it for a long time now - i don't want to trauma dump too much lol but my family is hyper religious and they have shamed me a lot, especially after they caught me masturbating when i was very young, and they're very against premarital sex and homosexuality so it took me a while to accept my own identity and sexual desires.For General Sense of Belonging women were asked to indicate on a 4-point scale (Disagree strongly -- Agree strongly) their agreement with the following statements “Where I live, people accept me”, “I feel misunderstood where I live”, “I am part of the community where I live”, and “I feel like an outsider where I live”. Now that I knew this, I could move forward with the knowledge that my butterflies did not necessarily signify attraction, and I could reflect on my past to figure out how this played out in romantic situations I had with men. However, those affected have told me the pressure comes from a minority of trans women, as well as activists who are not necessarily trans themselves. But if you find that when dating, you are writing off entire groups of people, like people of colour, fat people, disabled people or trans people, then it's worth considering how societal prejudices may have shaped your attractions.

Reading this document can be a vulnerable experience, but you might find something that helps you strengthen your relationship with your sexuality, no matter what that sexuality is. American essayist, queer theorist and poet Adrienne Rich first introduced the idea of “compulsory heterosexuality” in the 1980s when she published her essay “ Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence. This is particularly so with cases of forced sex that are motivated by the fact that the victim is a member of a sexual minority, such as in corrective rape. In addition to women’s sexual behavior, we assessed lifetime recreational drug use and use of needles for intravenous drugs. i thought i was bi for years, but from the experience i've had with both guys and girls, i know that getting close to girls makes me really happy and excited, but being intimate with guys makes me super anxious, uncomfortable and grossed out.

In addition to demographic characteristics, various aspects related to gender and sexuality were assessed in line with recommended practice [ 27- 29]. The variety in the legal situation is however not reflected in the social acceptance of homosexuality. This too can take time, as you are undoing something that was taught to you over years, but is possible, so it is important to be kind and gentle with yourself. You're right that a lot of representations of lesbian sex that are easily available are pretty reductive. applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.