Gender in Language and Gender in Employment
Women lag behind men in many domains. Feminist scholars have proposed that sex-based grammatical systems in languages reinforce traditional conceptions of gender roles, which in turn contribute to disadvantaging women. This article evaluates the empirical plausibility of this claim in the context of...
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| author | Mavisakalyan, Astghik |
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| description | Women lag behind men in many domains. Feminist scholars have proposed that sex-based grammatical systems in languages reinforce traditional conceptions of gender roles, which in turn contribute to disadvantaging women. This article evaluates the empirical plausibility of this claim in the context of women's labour market outcomes. Based on a sample of over 100 countries, the analysis shows that places where the majority language is gender-intensive have lower participation of women in the labour force. Individual-level estimates further underscore this finding and indicate a higher prevalence of gender-discriminatory attitudes among speakers of gender-intensive languages. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-70332017-10-02T02:28:05Z Gender in Language and Gender in Employment Mavisakalyan, Astghik Women lag behind men in many domains. Feminist scholars have proposed that sex-based grammatical systems in languages reinforce traditional conceptions of gender roles, which in turn contribute to disadvantaging women. This article evaluates the empirical plausibility of this claim in the context of women's labour market outcomes. Based on a sample of over 100 countries, the analysis shows that places where the majority language is gender-intensive have lower participation of women in the labour force. Individual-level estimates further underscore this finding and indicate a higher prevalence of gender-discriminatory attitudes among speakers of gender-intensive languages. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7033 10.1080/13600818.2015.1045857 Routledge fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Mavisakalyan, Astghik Gender in Language and Gender in Employment |
| title | Gender in Language and Gender in Employment |
| title_full | Gender in Language and Gender in Employment |
| title_fullStr | Gender in Language and Gender in Employment |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender in Language and Gender in Employment |
| title_short | Gender in Language and Gender in Employment |
| title_sort | gender in language and gender in employment |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/7033 |