Monday 10 October 2016

HETEROSEXUAL AGGRESSORS VS. ADULTS: EXTRAMARITAL COITUS

Seventy-seven per cent of the ever-married individuals, while married, had coitus with females other than their wives. This is the third largest percentage and not far below the record of the aggressors vs. minors. All the heterosexual aggressors fall within the first five ranks in this respect. The age-specific incidence of extramarital coitus with companions is greater for these aggressors than for any other group. In the four age-periods available for comparison (spanning ages sixteen to thirty-five) they rank first in three periods and second in one, with proportions varying from 50 to 63 per cent. In brief, within any five-year age-period for which we have data, half or more of the aggressors vs. adults had extramarital coitus with companions. Not counting the peak years from sixteen to twenty, only a moderate proportion had extramarital coitus with prostitutes.


Although the frequency of extramarital coitus was moderate to low, a comparatively large amount of it was with prostitutes. While in most groups the frequency with companions far exceeds that with prostitutes, for the aggressors vs. adults the two figures are often closer. For example, the average individual with extramarital coitus in age-period 21-25 had coitus 0.14 times per week with companions as against 0.10 with prostitutes.

The average individual had coitus with a total of about five females, whether companions or prostitutes—a relatively low number.

The proportion of total outlet from extramarital coitus with companions was relatively large in youthful marriages. These aggressors are in first place in age-period 16-20 with 11 per cent and maintain third or fourth position in rank-order until after the age of thirty, when the proportions become small. The notable high frequency of extramarital coitus with prostitutes is not evident in the proportion of total outlet; it is submerged by the other activities.

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