Table 4 Attitudes towards gender equality related to relationships between men and women among church-going young women and men in Kinshasa, DRC
Statements | Completely agree | Partly agree | Partly disagree | Disagree | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | Women | Men | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
When women work they are taking jobs away from men | 66 (22.68) | 109 (37.72) | 49 (19.92) | 57 (19.72) | 29 (11.79) | 25 (8.65) | 102 (41.46) | 61 (21.11) |
When women get rights, they are taking rights way from men | 53 (21.29) | 91 (31.49) | 43 (17.27) | 71 (24.57) | 37 (14.86) | 42 (14.53) | 116 (46.59) | 55 (19.03) |
Rights for women mean that men lose out | 26 (10.97) | 51 (17.65) | 29 (12.24) | 41 (14.19) | 34 (14.35) | 44 (15.22) | 148 (62.45) | 101 (34.95) |
When a woman is raped, she usually did something careless that put herself in that situation | 75 (27.47) | 91 (31.49) | 34 (12.45) | 71 (24.75) | 43 (15.75) | 52 (17.99) | 121 (44.32) | 47 (16.26) |
In some cases, women usually want it to happen | 34 (14.05) | 67 (23.18) | 27 (11.16) | 80 (27.68) | 25 (10.33) | 38 (13.15) | 156 (64.46) | 73 (25.36) |
If a woman did not fight back, you can’t really say it was rape | 61 (23.74) | 117 (40.48) | 57 (22.18) | 77 (26.47) | 45 (17.51) | 31 (10.73) | 94 (36.58) | 46 (15.92) |
In any case, one would have to question whether the “victim” is promiscuous | 100 (37.59) | 122 (42.26) | 40 (15.04) | 51 (17.65) | 29 (10.90) | 39 (13.49) | 97 (36.58) | 57 (15.92) |
In any case, one would have to question whether the “victim” has a bad reputation | 83 (29.75) | 88 (30.45) | 47 (16.85) | 78 (26.99) | 34 (12.19) | 44 (15.22) | 115 (41.22) | 58 (20.87) |