High-Risk Sex Among Men Linked to Childhood Abuse

Men who were sexually abused as children are more likely to engage in unsafe sexual practices as adults, putting them at higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, a new study has found.

“We often think of childhood sexual abuse as a problem for women and ignore or discount the impact of such abuse for men…(so) I think that the findings highlight the importance of childhood sexual abuse among men,” lead author Dr. Colleen Dilorio of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, told Reuters Health. Men who were sexually abused as children are more likely to engage in unsafe sexual practices as adults, putting them at higher risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, a new study has found.

“We often think of childhood sexual abuse as a problem for women and ignore or discount the impact of such abuse for men…(so) I think that the findings highlight the importance of childhood sexual abuse among men,” lead author Dr. Colleen Dilorio of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, told Reuters Health. Yahoo!