Cognitive Effects of Masculine Generics in German: An Overview of Empirical Findings
By Friederike Braun, Sabine Sczesny, D. Stahlberg. 2005
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Abstract This article presents a series of experiments which were conducted among native speakers of German to determine the influence of different types of German generics on the cognitive inclusion of women. Results indicate that the inclusion of women is higher with ‘non-sexist’ alternatives than with masculine generics, a tendency which was consistent across different studies. The different alternatives, however, showed different effects which also varied depending on the context. These results are discussed with regard to their practical consequences in situations such as nominating women and men for awards or political offices.
Subfields: Gender Studies, Language and Linguistics
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- Reducing women’s lack of fit with leadership positions? Effects of the wording of job advertisements (2015, background): “…account that occupations are perceived as more male-typed when presented with masculine forms and more gender-balanced when word pairs are used (Braun et al., 2005; Merkel et al., 2012), and considering that women’s perceived lack of fit with a position is more pronounced the more male-typed…”
- Can Gender-Fair Language Reduce Gender Stereotyping and Discrimination? (2016, unknown): “…Hamilton, 1988; Gastil, 1990; Ng, 1990), French (e.g., Chatard et al., 2005; Gabriel et al., 2008), German (e.g., Heise, 2000; Stahlberg et al., 2001; Braun et al., 2005; Irmen, 2007), Italian (e.g., Cacciari and Padovani, 2007), Polish (e.g., Bojarska, 2011), and Spanish (Carreiras et al., 1996).”