Table 2 Levels of inequitable gender attitudes by gender (% agreed)

Item1: There are times a woman deserves to be beaten.

Item 2: A woman should tolerate violence in order to keep her family together.

Item 3: If someone insults a man he should defend his reputation with force if he has to.

Item 4: It is okay for a man to hit his wife if she will not have sex with him.

Item 5: A man using violence against his wife is a private matter that should not be discussed outside the couple.

Item 6: It is alright for a man to beat his wife if she is unfaithful.

Item 7: It is a woman’s responsibility to avoid getting pregnant.

Item 8: A man should be angered/shocked if his wife asks him to use a condom.

Item 9: Women who carry condoms on them are easy.

Item 10: Only when a woman has a child is she a real woman.

Item 11: A real man produces a male child.

Item 12: It disgusts me when I see a man acting like a woman.

Item 13: A woman should not initiate sex.

Item 14: You do not talk about sex, you just do it.

Item 15: A woman who has sex before she marries does not deserve respect.

Item 16: Men need sex more than women do.

Item 17: Men are always ready to have sex.

Item 18: A man needs other women, even if things with his wife are fine.

Item 19: It is the man who decides how he wants to have sex.

Item 20: Giving the kids a bath and feeding the kids are the mother’s responsibility.

Item 21: A woman’s most important role is to take care of her home and cook for her family.

Item 22: A man should have the final word on decisions in his home.

Item 23: The husband should decide what major household items to buy.

Item 24: A woman should obey her husband in all things.