Link between job titles and gender equality
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 - 20:30
in Psychology & Sociology
Researchers have revealed a link between role-nouns (e.g. job titles) in gendered languages and gender equality. The study, which examined whether the masculine form in the plural in German is understood as gender-neutral or as specific to males, confirms earlier findings in behavioral research: people tend to interpret the grammatically masculine form as male-specific, despite it being used regularly to refer to both males and females.