Comparing Transgender and Cisgender Experiences of Being Taken Advantage of Sexually While Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Other Drugs. Issue 9 (22nd November 2021)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Comparing Transgender and Cisgender Experiences of Being Taken Advantage of Sexually While Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Other Drugs. Issue 9 (22nd November 2021)
- Main Title:
- Comparing Transgender and Cisgender Experiences of Being Taken Advantage of Sexually While Under the Influence of Alcohol and/or Other Drugs
- Authors:
- Connolly, Dean
Aldridge, Alexandra
Davies, Emma
Maier, Larissa J.
Ferris, Jason
Gilchrist, Gail
Winstock, Adam - Abstract:
- ABSTRACT: A small body of literature suggests that transgender people are more frequently exposed to sexual violence while they are under the influence of alcohol than cisgender counterparts. The goal of this study was to report any differences between transgender (n = 1, 136) and cisgender (n = 74, 277) respondents to the Global Drug Survey on their experiences of being taken advantage of sexually while under the influence of alcohol and/or other drugs. We found that transgender people were more likely than cisgender people to have experienced being taken advantage of in the last year (9.3% vs 4.2%) and more than 12 months preceding the survey (24.9% vs 14.3%). Non-binary participants were more likely than binary transgender participants (27.7% vs 17.8%) to report being taken advantage of sexually more than a year preceding the survey. Similarly, trans respondents assigned female at birth were more likely than trans respondents assigned male at birth to report this (30.0% vs 19.7%). Nonspecialist services for survivors of sexual violence should be adequately prepared for and accommodating toward transgender clients. Future research should explore their unique needs. Moreover, clinicians who assess transgender people should remain mindful of their increased likelihood of being taken advantage of sexually while under the influence of alcohol and other drugs and consider trauma-informed interventions.
- Is Part Of:
- Journal of sex research. Volume 58:Issue 9(2021)
- Journal:
- Journal of sex research
- Issue:
- Volume 58:Issue 9(2021)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 58, Issue 9 (2021)
- Year:
- 2021
- Volume:
- 58
- Issue:
- 9
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2021-0058-0009-0000
- Page Start:
- 1112
- Page End:
- 1117
- Publication Date:
- 2021-11-22
- Subjects:
- Sexology -- Research -- Periodicals
Sex -- Periodicals
Psychiatry -- Periodicals
Sex
Psychiatry
306.705 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.jstor.org/journals/00224499.html ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hjsr20/54/2?nav=tocList ↗
http://www.tandfonline.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1080/00224499.2021.1912692 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0022-4499
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