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Men, women who were targets respond differently
By Shannon Proudfoot, Canwest News Service
Being teased or ostracized in middle and high school shapes the sexual behaviour of young adults years later, according to the results of a study which suggest it also affects boys and girls in opposite ways.
“Females who were victimized during middle and high school had sex at earlier ages than their peers and had more sexual partners, while males that were routinely victimized through high school showed just the opposite,” says Andrew Gallup, a graduate student in biological sciences at Binghamton University in New York.
“They had reduced sexual activity — that is, they had sex at later ages than their peers and they had fewer sexual partners.”
The researchers surveyed 112 undergraduates and found that just nine said they had never been victimized.
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