Table 4.
Gender differences in intentions, cues to action, and action plans concerning forced sex
| Boys | Girls | F | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |||
| Intentions | ||||||
| I intend not to force my partner to have sex | 3.45 | 1.36 | 3.62 | 1.19 | F(1, 639) = 2.18 | ns |
| I intend to have consensual sex | 3.73 | 1.22 | 3.58 | 1.24 | F(1, 639) = 2.60 | ns |
| I intend not to force my partner to have sex when I am drunk | 3.74 | 1.19 | 3.69 | 1.19 | F(1, 639) < 1 | ns |
| I intend not to force my partner to have sex when we are alone | 3.71 | 1.21 | 3.70 | 1.14 | F(1, 639) < 1 | ns |
| I intent not to force my partner to have sex to show that I am a man | 3.77 | 1.16 | 3.64 | 1.16 | F(1, 639) = 2.36 | ns |
| I intend not to force my partner to have sex at my own house | 3.74 | 1.20 | 3.69 | 1.15 | F(1, 639) < 1 | ns |
| Cues to action | ||||||
| The 16 days of activism targeting violence against women encourages me not to force girls to have sex | 3.69 | 1.24 | 3.83 | 1.07 | F(1, 639) = 1.75 | ns |
| Action plans | ||||||
| In the next 6 months, I plan to learn other ways of resolving conflicts, not by forced sex | 3.79 | 1.17 | 3.95 | 1.06 | F(1, 639) = 2.54 | ns |
| In the next 6 months, I’m going to solve relationship problems by non-violent means, not by forced sex | 3.79 | 1.16 | 3.99 | 0.98 | F(1, 639) = 5.51 | .019 |
Absolute range, 1–5