The Assessment of Gender Pronouns in Relation to Gender Stereotypes and Sexism
(2014) PSYP02 20131Department of Psychology
- Abstract
- All languages distinguish between genders to a varying degree. Gender stereotypes in language are often gender-specific, where agentic words are considered as male and communal words are considered as female. Studies have found that countries with gendered languages express more sexism, compared to countries with natural gender or gender-neutral languages. The following study will investigate the assessment of the three gendered pronouns in the Swedish language, by the use of gender stereotypes (i.e., agentic and communal adjectives). It is also of interest to assess the gendered pronouns and gender stereotypes in relation to sexism or sexist beliefs. No relationship was found between the gendered pronouns and the gender stereotypes in... (More)
- All languages distinguish between genders to a varying degree. Gender stereotypes in language are often gender-specific, where agentic words are considered as male and communal words are considered as female. Studies have found that countries with gendered languages express more sexism, compared to countries with natural gender or gender-neutral languages. The following study will investigate the assessment of the three gendered pronouns in the Swedish language, by the use of gender stereotypes (i.e., agentic and communal adjectives). It is also of interest to assess the gendered pronouns and gender stereotypes in relation to sexism or sexist beliefs. No relationship was found between the gendered pronouns and the gender stereotypes in this study. However, sexism influenced the assessment of the gendered pronouns, by describing the female pronoun as more communal, compared to the gender-neutral pronoun hen. No relationship was found between sexism and the assessment of the male pronoun, compared to the gender-neutral pronoun hen. In the future, more research is needed to determine the actual linguistic importance of the gendered pronouns and their potential impact on gender equality. (Less)
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- author
- Bevik, Catharina LU
- supervisor
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- Emma Bäck LU
- organization
- course
- PSYP02 20131
- year
- 2014
- type
- H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
- subject
- keywords
- Gender-neutral pronoun, language, stereotyping, agentic, communal, sexism
- language
- English
- id
- 4285800
- date added to LUP
- 2014-03-26 16:13:51
- date last changed
- 2014-03-26 16:13:51
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abstract = {{All languages distinguish between genders to a varying degree. Gender stereotypes in language are often gender-specific, where agentic words are considered as male and communal words are considered as female. Studies have found that countries with gendered languages express more sexism, compared to countries with natural gender or gender-neutral languages. The following study will investigate the assessment of the three gendered pronouns in the Swedish language, by the use of gender stereotypes (i.e., agentic and communal adjectives). It is also of interest to assess the gendered pronouns and gender stereotypes in relation to sexism or sexist beliefs. No relationship was found between the gendered pronouns and the gender stereotypes in this study. However, sexism influenced the assessment of the gendered pronouns, by describing the female pronoun as more communal, compared to the gender-neutral pronoun hen. No relationship was found between sexism and the assessment of the male pronoun, compared to the gender-neutral pronoun hen. In the future, more research is needed to determine the actual linguistic importance of the gendered pronouns and their potential impact on gender equality.}},
author = {{Bevik, Catharina}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{The Assessment of Gender Pronouns in Relation to Gender Stereotypes and Sexism}},
year = {{2014}},
}