Pressure

We can feel pressure to have sex from all sorts of people. It can come from a partner, friends, families or even communities. We can even put pressure on ourselves to have sex just to fit in with what we think is normal and believe everyone else is doing.

If you find yourself in a situation where you are feeling or being pressured into having sex when you don’t want to, it is important to seek help and talk about it. In Scotland, a new Domestic Abuse Act came into force in April 2019 which criminalises psychological domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behaviour.