Survey: Over 20% of Female Undergrads Were Sexually Assaulted
A new survey on sexual assault at American colleges and universities is an eye opener.
The survey, commissioned by the Association of American Universities, involved 150,000 students from 27 schools, including Yale, Harvard, and Iowa State.
The poll found that 23% of undergraduate women were sexually assaulted at some point since starting school. The rate for undergraduate men was 5%.
However, prevalence was highest for students who identified as TGQN - transgender/genderqueer, gender non-conforming, questioning, or gender not listed.
Twenty-four percent of TGQN undergraduates and 16% of TGQN graduate students said they'd been assaulted.
More information - including the types of assaults and the schools with the highest rates - can be found here.
Staying Sexually Active Throughout Cycle May Aid Fertility, Study Says
Women who stay sexually active throughout their menstrual cycle may be more likely to conceive, even if they're not ovulating, according to researchers from Indiana University Bloomington.
In a study of 30 premenopausal women, they found that sexually active women developed changes in their immune systems that helped their bodies prepare for pregnancy.
For example, certain cells appear to "tell" the immune system that sperm cells are not invaders and should not be attacked.
Such changes did not occur in sexually abstinent women.
Get the details here!
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