Table 2.
Gender breakdown for item response distributions for key variables and mean comparisons on each
| “I believe that pornography use is morally wrong” [χ2(6) = 18.019, p = .006; women, M = 3.04, SD = 1.97; men, M = 3.02, SD = 1.96; t(1,459) = 0.15, p = .882] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongly disagree | Disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither agree or disagree | Somewhat agree | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| Women | 194 (32%) | 111 (19%) | 41 (7%) | 115 (19%) | 59 (10%) | 21 (4%) | 56 (9%) |
| Men | 284 (33%) | 145 (17%) | 90 (10%) | 161 (19%) | 55 (6%) | 57 (7%) | 72 (8%) |
| Total | 478 (33%) | 256 (18%) | 131 (9%) | 276 (19%) | 114 (8%) | 78 (5%) | 128 (9%) |
| “I am addicted to pornography” [χ2(6) = 72.55, p < .001; women, M = 1.71, SD = 1.37; men, M = 2.32, SD = 1.72; t(1,459) = 7.23, p < .001] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A Strongly disagree | Disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither agree or disagree | Somewhat agree | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| Women | 886 (84%) | 68 (6%) | 22 (2%) | 54 (5%) | 8 (1%) | 10 (1%) | 11 (1%) |
| Men | 597 (57%) | 155 (15%) | 60 (6%) | 108 (11%) | 45 (4%) | 36 (4%) | 30 (3%) |
| Total | 1468 (70%) | 223 (11%) | 82 (4%) | 162 (8%) | 53 (3%) | 46 (2%) | 41 (2%) |
| “I have put off things I needed to do to view pornography.” [χ2(6) = 57.789, p < .001; women, M = 1.74, SD = 1.39; men, M = 2.34, SD = 1.78; t(1,459) = 6.78, p < .001] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A Strongly disagree | Disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither agree or disagree | Somewhat agree | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| Women | 874 (82%) | 80 (8%) | 17 (2%) | 55 (5%) | 13 (1%) | 8 (1%) | 12 (1%) |
| Men | 597 (58%) | 149 (15%) | 41 (4%) | 97 (10%) | 63 (6%) | 39 (4%) | 30 (3%) |
| Total | 1471 (71%) | 229 (11%) | 58 (3%) | 152 (7%) | 76 (4%) | 47 (2%) | 42 (2%) |
| “I feel depressed after viewing pornography” [χ2(6) = 7.462, p = .280; women, M = 2.39, SD = 1.78; men, M = 2.55, SD = 1.81; t(1,459) = 1.55, p = .120] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A Strongly disagree | Disagree | Somewhat disagree | Neither agree or disagree | Somewhat agree | Agree | Strongly agree | |
| Women | 749 (71%) | 109 (10%) | 28 (3%) | 96 (9%) | 34 (3%) | 12 (1%) | 31 (3%) |
| Men | 525 (52%) | 167 (16%) | 56 (6%) | 133 (13%) | 61 (6%) | 29 (3%) | 45 (4%) |
| Total | 1,274 (61%) | 276 (13%) | 84 (4%) | 229 (11%) | 95 (5%) | 41 (2%) | 76 (4%) |
| “Within the past year, how often have you viewed pornography?” [χ2(7) = 149.954, p < .001; M = 1.71, SD = 1.37; men, M = 2.32, SD = 1.72; t(1,459) = 7.23, p < .001] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A Never | Once or Twice | A few times | Once a month | Two or three times a month | Once a week | A few times a week | Once a day or more | |
| Women | 705 (67%) | 99 (9%) | 85 (8%) | 37 (3%) | 52 (5%) | 27 (3%) | 34 (3%) | 20 (2%) |
| Men | 312 (30%) | 98 (1%) | 126 (12%) | 51 (5%) | 97 (1%) | 98 (1%) | 151 (15%) | 83 (8%) |
| Total | 1017 (50%) | 197 (9%) | 211 (1%) | 88 (4%) | 149 (7%) | 125 (6%) | 185 (9%) | 103 (5%) |
Note. Percentages represent percentage of the total sample (N = 2,075), not percentages of pornography users (n = 1,461), with the exception of moral incongruence, for which percentages only represent users (n = 1,461). χ2 and independent t-test values represent comparisons among pornography users only (n = 1,461). N/A = no self-reported exposures to pornography were not included in questions (462 women and 152 men). SD: standard deviation.