Sexual Abuse and Consensual Sex: Women′s Developmental Patterns and Outcomes

This is the first book to examine the relationship between sexual and psychological functioning in terms of its effects on patterns of sexual practice over the lifespan. The authors explore: the impact of both voluntary and involuntary sexual experiences in childhood on adolescent sexual activities; the consequences of childhood and adolescent sexual experiences on women′s sexual behaviour in adulthood; and the influence of adult sexual abuse.