Ford interviewed 39 men about their experiences of unwanted sex and this blog post displays quotes from these interviews. The study focused on men’s experiences of unwanted sex with women. The data come from a study done by Jessie Ford in 20 at an elite private university. Third, men navigate situations purposefully avoiding the stigmatized labels “pussy,” “bitch,” “virgin,” or “gay.” Second, men are expected to take advantage of every sexual opportunity. First, there is the narrative that men always want to have sex. Three distinct themes were discovered in an analysis of qualitative interviews with male college students. In this post we explore what is expected of men, what is stigmatized, and how these social factors can result in a man deciding to have sex that he doesn’t actually desire. However, there are many pressures men face that lead them to have unwanted sex. We tend to see sexual assault perpetrators as male and victims as female-and usually that is true. Heterosexual men’s experiences of unwanted sex are often overlooked.
