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Driven by negative attitudes toward women and misperceptions about rape and consent, more than half of athletes surveyed for a new study say they have pressured women -- through physical and verbal threats -- into having sex with them. And it’s not just big-time basketball and football players who are guilty of sexual coercion, which is defined as “any unwanted oral, vaginal or anal penetration as a result of verbal or physical pressure, including rape.” The athletes included in the study were mostly those who play recreational, not intercollegiate, sports.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/06/03/more-half-athletes-study-say-they-engaged-sexual-coercion Inside Higher Ed