Table 3.
Item Scores for Components 1 and 2: Responsibility, Equality, Difficulty vs. Traditional Masculinity and Relationship Avoidance/Misogyny vs. Relationship Value
| Component Description and Question Text | Comp. Score | % Agree |
|---|---|---|
| Component 1 | ||
| Responsibility, Equality, Difficulty | ||
| A man’s #1 responsibility is to protect and provide for his family. | −1.77 | 96.4 |
| Men and women should share decisions equally. | −1.67 | 93.1 |
| A woman can be a man’s greatest source of strength, but she can also destroy him. | −1.57 | 92.5 |
| It is OK for a woman to carry condoms, even if she is not a prostitute. | −1.51 | 88.5 |
| Women can be leaders as well as men can. | −1.48 | 86.2 |
| Protecting a woman on the street is difficult and dangerous. | −1.31 | 83.9 |
| The most important thing for a man is to be respected. | −1.21 | 82.3 |
| A man should not let other people change his beliefs. | −1.19 | 81.3 |
| It’s hard to have serious relationships on the street, because there is no privacy or place to be alone together. | −1.18 | 80.3 |
| A man should NOT expect sex from a woman, just because he spent money on her. | −1.10 | 74.4 |
| If you’re homeless and you want have sex, you have to take a lot of risks. | −1.07 | 79.3 |
| Traditional Masculinity | ||
| If a man pays for sex, he should not have to use a condom. | 1.69 | 7.5 |
| A man needs to have children to be a man. | 1.65 | 8.5 |
| Men who have a lot of sex with different women should be admired. | 1.33 | 19.7 |
| It’s not worth the effort to have a stable and committed relationship. | 1.32 | 18.7 |
| A woman should hide her interest in sex. | 1.30 | 18.0 |
| If a woman refuses sex with her man, she is giving him the “green light” to have sex with other women. | 1.21 | 22.6 |
| In a serious relationship, a woman who asks a man to use a condom is probably cheating on him. | 1.14 | 23.9 |
| If a man can get away with having sex without a condom, he should. | 1.12 | 25.2 |
| A man can be in a relationship with several women at a time, but a woman should only be in a relationship with one man at a time. | 1.09 | 24.9 |
| If a man has an opportunity to have sex, he should not turn it down. | 1.08 | 25.2 |
| When it comes to sex, the man should always make the first move, not the woman. | 1.01 | 26.6 |
| Component 2 | ||
| Relationship Value | ||
| Having a serious relationship on the street is worth the effort. | 3.02 | 36.7 |
| If a man looks hard enough, he can find a good woman on the street. | 2.73 | 65.2 |
| It’s difficult, but supporting a woman on the street is doable. | 2.13 | 65.9 |
| Women are just as trustworthy as men. | 2.05 | 73.8 |
| A man should NOT expect sex from a woman, just because he spent money on her. | 1.46 | 74.4 |
| Women can be leaders as well as men can. | 1.14 | 86.2 |
| Relationship Avoidance/Misogyny | ||
| I think that most women would lie just to get ahead. | −1.92 | 62.3 |
| When it comes down to it a lot of women are dishonest. | −1.72 | 55.1 |
| If you try to have a relationship on the street, she will probably leave you for someone else. | −1.23 | 75.1 |
| It is generally safer not to trust women too much. | −1.16 | 56.4 |
| Homeless men don’t have a lot of opportunities for sex unless they pay for it. | −1.01 | 63.9 |