There are more women in joggeur·euses than in joggeurs : On the effects of gender-fair forms on perceived gender ratios in French role nouns
Tibblin, Julia LU ; van de Weijer, Joost LU
; Granfeldt, Jonas
LU
and Gygax, Pascal
(2023)
In Journal of French Language Studies
33(1).
p.28-51
- Abstract
- The present paper reports findings from a controlled large-scale (N = 1018) experimental study investigating how four different gender-fair forms influenced native French speakers’ estimated percentage of women compared to the masculine form (interpretable as generic) in 22 non-stereotyped French role nouns. The findings show that the masculine form generated lower perceived percentages of women compared to all other tested forms. In addition, gender-neutral and double forms were found equally efficient in resolving the male bias induced by the masculine form. Since the role nouns were non-stereotyped in terms of gender, these results suggest that the actual form of a role noun has indeed a strong influence on how the gender ratio of that... (More)
- The present paper reports findings from a controlled large-scale (N = 1018) experimental study investigating how four different gender-fair forms influenced native French speakers’ estimated percentage of women compared to the masculine form (interpretable as generic) in 22 non-stereotyped French role nouns. The findings show that the masculine form generated lower perceived percentages of women compared to all other tested forms. In addition, gender-neutral and double forms were found equally efficient in resolving the male bias induced by the masculine form. Since the role nouns were non-stereotyped in terms of gender, these results suggest that the actual form of a role noun has indeed a strong influence on how the gender ratio of that role noun will be perceived. Moreover, the direction of the questionnaire’s response scale had a significant effect on the results, which entails methodological implications for future research. Finally, the provided ratios can be used for future studies investigating French role nouns in different gender-fair forms. In sum, our study suggests that gender-fair forms in French are an efficient tool for increasing the visibility of women, at least in nouns representing non-stereotypical activities. (Less)
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- Tibblin, Julia
LU
; van de Weijer, Joost
LU
; Granfeldt, Jonas
LU
and Gygax, Pascal
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- publishing date
- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- french, gender-inclusive language, langage inclusif, gender-fair language, écriture inclusive
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- Journal of French Language Studies
- volume
- 33
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 28 - 51
- publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- ISSN
- 1474-0079
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0959269522000217
- project
- Gender-fair language in French: Influence on representation of women and on readability
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- English
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