Deep questions for a Saturday morning”
An investigation of the Australian and Canadian general public's definitions of gender
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10763592 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Hall (0000-0002-1097-9369, Faculty of Education Monash University Clayton Victoria Australia, corresponding author), Limin Jao (0000-0001-6652-1317, Faculty of Education McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada), Cinzia Di Placido (Faculty of Education McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada), Rebecca Manikis (Faculty of Education McGill University Montreal Quebec Canada) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 102 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1866-1881 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Science Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/ssqu.13021 |
| OpenAlex | W3192345591 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 39 |
Objective Many studies exist about people's views of gender in a wide variety of fields. However, participants are not typically asked what they think gender means; rather, gender is presumed to have a taken‐as‐shared meaning. Methods As part of a larger study conducted in Australia and Canada about the general public's views of gender and mathematics, we investigated participants’ definitions of the term gender . We considered overall trends and trends by demographic group (country, gender, age, and education level). Results Most commonly, gender was defined as a person's feelings or self‐identification. Participants also frequently solely used the terms male and female or discussed biological features. However, response patterns varied widely by demographic group. Conclusion Due to these diverse and sometimes contradictory definitions, we argue that researchers cannot assume that participants have common understanding of the term gender . We conclude by providing suggestions for how gender‐focused research can be done in more transparent ways
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| Highly cited | No |