Lorenzo Macchi
Research expert covering society, economy, and politics for Italy
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Almost the totality of the interviewees believed that if a male partner forces a woman to have a sexual intercourse without her will, it is a form of sexual abuse. Similarly, they asserted that every woman can be under risk of rape, independently of her good and respectable manners. However, around ten percent of the respondents affirmed that a woman must bear her responsibility for a sexual assault if she accepts an invitation by a man after a party or if she is drunk. According to 35 percent of Italians, a woman can manage to avoid a sexual intercourse if she doesn't want it. When accounting for gender differences among respondents, opinions about sexual harassment were homogeneous.
