Results
CAD, SD
CAD
Participants were aged between 18 and 65 years (Most participants were Canadian citizens (94.5%) born in North America (87.4%), identifying as cisgender females. They had completed a college (38.50%) or undergraduate degree (51.19%) and were working part- (13.44%) or full- (54.55%) time. Among those holding a job, the median annual salary before taxes was between $40,000 and $49,000 CAD. The majority reported being sexually attracted exclusively (41.90%) or mainly (39.92%) to males (5.93% = to males and females equally, 1.98% = mainly or exclusively to females, 8.30% = to persons regardless of their gender, 1.58% = were questioning their sexual orientation, and 0.40% = had no sexual attraction). At the time of the study, 61.27% were in a romantic relationship, 34.79% were single, separated, divorced, or widowed, and 3.95% reported other relational statuses.Participants reported that they first became interested in sexuality on average at 11.71 years (SD = 3.61). Exposure to pornographic sexual content occurred 2 years later (Past experiences of violence were common. Whereas only 7.57% of participants reported no experience of direct or indirect violence before the age of 16, 20.95% reported one form of violence, 19.37% = two, 26.48% = three, 15.02% = four, and 10.28% = five. More precisely, 51.19% had witnessed violence perpetrated against a parental figure, 33.20% experienced neglect by a parental figure, 39.13% physical violence, 56.52% psychological violence, and 51.0% sexual violence by a person within or outside of the family. Moreover, 71.15% were bullied by a non-family member and 27.27% had bullied a non-family member. All victims of indirect violence also experienced direct violence.