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Gender Inequitable Masculinity and Sexual Entitlement in Rape Perpetration South Africa: Findings of a Cross- Sectional Study 1 1 2 3 Rachel Jewkes *, Yandisa Sikweyiya , Robert Morrell , Kristin Dunkle 1 Gender Health Research Unit, Medical Research Council and School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Pretoria, South Africa, 2 Research Office, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa, 3 Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Abstract Objective: To describe the prevalence and patterns of rape perpetration in a randomly selected sample of men from the general adult population, to explore factors associated with rape and to describe how men explained their acts of rape. Design: Cross-sectional household study with a two- stage randomly selected sample of men. Methods: 1737 South African men aged 18–49 completed a questionnaire administered using an Audio-enhanced Personal Digital Assistant. Multivariable logistic regression models were built to identify factors associated with rape perpetration. Results: In all 27.6% (466/1686) of men had raped a woman, whether an intimate partner, stranger or acquaintance, and whether perpetrated alone or with accomplices, and 4.7% had raped in the last 12 months. First rapes for 75% were perpetrated before age 20, and 53.9% (251) of those raping, did so on multiple occasions. The logistic regression model showed that having raped was associated with greater adversity in childhood, having been raped by a man and higher maternal education. It was associated with less equitable views on gender relations, having had more partners, and many more gender inequitable practices including transactional sex and physical