Table 3.
Gender differences in feelings toward partner’s online adult materials
| Men (n = 1741) n (%) |
Women (n = 1471) n (%) |
χ2(1) | Cramer’s V | Unadjusted odds ratio (95% CI) |
Adjusteda odds ratio (95% CI) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Was interested to learn more about what excites my partner | 885 (50.8) | 514 (34.9) | 81.9*** | .16 | .52 (.45–.60) | .52 (.45–.60) |
| Was turned on by what I saw | 657 (37.7) | 288 (19.6) | 126.6*** | .20 | .40 (.34–.47) | .40 (.34–.47) |
| Felt hurt or betrayed | 93 (5.3) | 515 (35.0) | 457.3*** | .38 | 9.55 (7.55–12.1) | 9.86 (7.77–12.5) |
| Thought what I saw was disgusting | 26 (1.5) | 311 (21.1) | 327.8*** | .32 | 17.7 (11.8–26.6) | 18.3 (12.2–27.6) |
| Was worried that I might not be satisfying my partner’s sexual needs | 174 (10.0) | 620 (42.1) | 443.0*** | .37 | 6.56 (5.44–7.92) | 6.17 (5.10–7.46) |
| None of the above | 386 (22.2) | 174 (11.8) | 59.2*** | .14 | .47 (.39–.57) | .48 (.39–.58) |
| I never tried to see anything like this | 218 (12.5) | 135 (9.2) | 9.1** | .05 | .71 (.56–.89) | .68 (.54–.86) |
n = 3212 heterosexual men and women in committed relationships, who indicated their partners used the Internet to access sex-related materials
**
p < .01;
***
p < .001
a
Adjusted, using logistic regression, for participant’s age, education, and length of time in relationship with current partner. All ps < .001