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Table 3 Opinions on sexism

From: Relationships, love and sexuality: what the Filipino teens think and feel

Opinions

Male

(N = 1096)

Female

(N = 1949)

 
 

n * (%)

n * (%)

p†

I do not like it when the media (TV, ads, magazines, films...) show:

   

- women as "sexual objects"; only giving importance to her body

435 (39.7)

1236 (63.4)

< 0.001

- men as "sexual objects"; only giving importance to his body

437 (39.9)

1099 (56.4)

< 0.001

I do not like it when the media (TV, ads, magazines, films ...) associate:

   

- femininity to having more sexual relationships

378 (34.5)

1115 (57.2)

< 0.001

- masculinity to having more sexual relationships

378 (34.5)

1030 (52.8)

< 0.001

  1. * Number of respondents marking the 4th or the 5th answer option in a five-point Likert scale labeled from a low "strongly disagree" to a high "strongly agree" score.
  2. † p value of the adjusted Wald test taking into account the clustered sampling scheme. Taking into account the 5 answer levels, the test for trend was also significant (p < 0.001) in the four variables.
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