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Clinical interviews with the use of a standard examination format were used to determine sexually atypical experiences in 373 women. The women were divided into three groups. Group 1: 167 women in fertile marriages, Group 2: 102 patients with sexual dysfunctions, Group 3: 104 patients of psychiatric outpatient clinics. Of these, 190 (50.9%) had encountered indecent exposure at least once; 76 women (20.4%) were the victims of attempted rape or rape; 60 women (16.1%) were sexually abused by an adult male prior to menarche; 36 women (9.6%) acknowledged homosexual contacts. Patients with a sexual dysfunction had been the object of sexual abuse in childhood significantly more often than women in the other groups.
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Zverina, J., Lachman, M., Pondelickova, J. et al. The occurrence of atypical sexual experience among various female patient groups. Arch Sex Behav 16, 321–326 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542141
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