The occurrence of atypical sexual experience among various female patient groups.

Clinical interviews with the use of a standard examination format were used to determine sexually atypical experiences in 373 women. The women were divided into three groups. Group 1: 167 women in fertile marriages, Group 2: 102 patients with sexual dysfunctions, Group 3: 104 patients of psychiatric outpatient clinics. Of these, 190 (50.9%) had encountered indecent exposure at least once; 76 women (20.4%) were the victims of attempted rape or rape; 60 women (16.1%) were sexually abused by an adult male prior to menarche; 36 women (9.6%) acknowledged homosexual contacts. Patients with a sexual dysfunction had been the object of sexual abuse in childhood significantly more often than women in the other groups.