The experience of forced sexual intercourse among undergraduate students: associated factors and possible consequences

The scope of this article is to investigate the prevalence of the experience of forced sexual intercourse on life and its possible consequences on mental and sexual health among undergradu-ate students at a public university in Brazil. It is a quantitative cross-sectional study with 996 un-dergraduate students. Sampling was carried out systematically by single-stage clusters. Descriptive, bivariate and multivariate analyses were perfor-med using the Poisson Regression model, and the etiological fractions of the consequences of forced sexual intercourse were calculated. The lifetime prevalence of forced sexual intercourse was 12.1%. Female sex, non-heterosexual sexual orientation, first sexual intercourse before the age of 14, child food insecurity and domestic violence were asso-ciated with a higher prevalence of the outcome. Individuals who experienced forced sexual in-tercourse were more likely to be diagnosed with sexually transmitted infections and to represent a potential suicide risk. The study revealed the pro-blems of sexual violence in the university context.