One in 16 American women forced into first sexual encounter: study

One in 16 American women were either forced or coerced into their first sexual encounter, according to a study investigating the long-term negative impacts of such "trauma" on women's health.In the US, "the #MeToo movement has highlighted how frequently women experience sexual violence," the researchers wrote in the introduction.Published Monday in the American Medical Association's peer-reviewed journal (JAMA Internal Medicine), the study is based on a sample of more than 13,000 women aged 18 t