Gender      
A Male Female Total t - test result
Variables    Mean Mean     Mean T Df P
Perceived Vulnerability 31.5 (7.3) 28.2(6.2) 30.2 (7.1) 4.0 300 0.001
Ambivalent Sexism 82.5 (9.1) 78.5(9.3) 80.9 (9.4) 3.7 300 0.001
Hostile sexism 41.2(4.9) 38.6(5.2) 40.1 (5.2) 4.4 300 0.001
Benevolent sexism 41.3(5.4) 39.9(5.1) 40.8 (5.3) 2.3 300 0.022
Sexual assertiveness 34.6(6.3) 36.0(6.4) 35.1 (6.3) 1.9 300 0.061
Gender stereotypes 32.3(6.3) 28.0(7.3) 30.6 (7.1) 5.5 300 0.001
Health Locus of control 39.8(5.5) 38.3(5.4) 39.3 (5.5) 2.1 300 0.033
Table 1: Demographics - the Comparisons of the participants’ scores by their gender on the standardised scales. Note: standard deviations are in parentheses on the table