Studies have shown that alcohol is involved in 50 to 75% of all sexual coercion situations. Significant associations have been established between alcohol-use and sexual coercion perpetration and cognitive factors have been proposed to play an important role in this association. However, the current knowledge on the relationship between alcohol-use, cognitive factors, and sexual coercion perpetration is mostly based on male samples. Therefore, the purpose of this article is to investigate gender differences associated with the role of alcohol-use and cognitive factors in sexual coercion perpetration. To do so, 742 participants (562 women, 180 men) completed an online questionnaire assessing (1) alcohol-use, (2) perpetration of sexual coercion, and (3) cognitions related to sexuality or alcohol (misperception of sexual intent, alcohol-related expectancies, alcohol-related rape myth acceptance [RMA]). Results revealed that (1) for both men and women, alcohol-use as well as cognitive variables allowed to discriminate perpetrators from non-perpetrators, (2) perpetrators, whether male or female, did not differ significantly on any of the risk factors, except for alcohol-related RMA, (3) a prediction model that considered cognitive variables, as well as alcohol-use significantly contributed to the explanation of both male and female sexual coercion, and (4) the prediction model explained three times the amount of variance in sexual coercion perpetrated by men compared to women. On the one hand, these results highlight similarities in risk factors towards sexual coercion perpetration for both men and women. Perpetrators, regardless of their gender, seem to exhibit similar alcohol-use, alcohol-related expectancies, and tendencies to misinterpret sexual intent, making these risk factors potential prevention and intervention targets for both genders. On the other hand, these results emphasize the need to break away from male-based sexual coercion explanatory models and consider other variables towards a better understanding of female sexual coercion perpetration.

研究表明，50% 到 75% 的性胁迫情况与酒精有关。酒精使用和性胁迫犯罪之间已经建立了重要的关联，并且已经提出认知因素在这种关联中发挥重要作用。然而，目前关于酒精使用、认知因素和性胁迫犯罪之间关系的知识大多基于男性样本。因此，本文的目的是调查与酒精使用和认知因素在性胁迫犯罪中的作用相关的性别差异。为此，742 名参与者（562 名女性，180 名男性）完成了在线问卷调查，评估 (1) 饮酒，(2) 实施性胁迫，以及 (3) 与性或酒精相关的认知（对性意图的误解，酒精相关的期望，酒精相关的强奸神话接受 [RMA]）。结果显示（1）对于男性和女性，饮酒以及认知变量可以区分肇事者和非肇事者，（2）肇事者，无论是男性还是女性，在任何风险因素上都没有显着差异，除了与酒精相关的 RMA，（3）一个考虑认知变量的预测模型以及酒精使用对男性和女性性强迫的解释都有显着贡献，以及（4）预测模型解释了三倍的量与女性相比，男性实施的性强迫行为存在差异。一方面，这些结果突出了男性和女性在性胁迫犯罪风险因素方面的相似性。施暴者，不论性别，似乎表现出相似的酒精使用、与酒精相关的期望，以及误解性意图的倾向，使这些风险因素成为两性的潜在预防和干预目标。另一方面，这些结果强调需要摆脱以男性为基础的性胁迫解释模型，并考虑其他变量以更好地理解女性性胁迫犯罪。