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Table 3 Percentage distribution of students experiencing different forms of NCS, grouped by sex of the respondent and gender-role attitudes (%)

From: Gender role attitudes, awareness and experiences of non-consensual sex among university students in Shanghai, China

Forms of NCS

Male

Female

Total

Gender-role attitudes Score

Total

Gender-role attitudes Score

<=2

(n = 164)

> 2

(n = 266)

<=2

(n = 438)

> 2

(n = 231)

Verbal harassment via communication technology

47.67

48.17

47.37

49.48

50.46

47.62

Sexually suggestive comments

20.00

15.24

22.93*

33.93#

32.42

36.80

Unwanted touch/frottage

27.21

26.22

27.82

63.23#

60.50

68.40*

Unwanted fondling (n)

7.67 (33)

4.27 (7)

9.77* (26)

13.90# (93)

13.01 (57)

15.58 (36)

Attempted rape (n)

1.40 (6)

0.61 (1)

1.88 (5)

8.07# (54)

6.62 (29)

10.82 (25)

Completed forced sex (n)

1.86 (8)

1.22 (2)

2.26 (6)

5.23# (35)

3.42 (15)

8.66* (20)

  1. #significant at p < 0.01compared between gender
  2. *significant at p < 0.05compared between two groups holding different gender-role attitudes within boys or girls