Over 90% of Goa aware of sexual rights, freedom: Survey

oa has an increased awareness ofsexual rightsandfreedomof Women with over 90% of people believing that a woman is within her right to refusesexwith her husband if she is aware that he has intercourse with other women, according to the findings of the National Family HealthSurvey2019-20 (NFHS-5).

Also, 90% of women and 93% of men believe that the woman is justified in refusing to have sex with her husband, if she is tired or not in the mood, the survey has found.

In Goa, the NFHS-5 field survey was conducted in North and South districts from August 30, 2019, to November 26, 2019, through a private entity. For the survey, the information was collected from 1,856 households2,030 women in the 15-49 age group and 313 men aged 15-54.
As per NFHS-5, around 5% of ever-married women in the 18-49 age group reported their husband having physically forced them to have sex against their wishes. Another 3% stated that their husbands had forced them with threats or in any other way to perform sexual acts they did not want to perform.