Most women who have had vaginal sex with men have been in pain during intercourse, according to a survey of university students.
Carlotta Oesterling at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and her colleagues wanted to understand the factors that are linked to women experiencing pain during vaginal sex. They therefore surveyed 277 of the university’s students, who were all women aged between 18 and 33, on their experiences.
Overall, 80 per cent of the respondents reported feeling pain…