Research Group
in Analytic Philosophy

Empirical literature on gender-fair language (ELGFL)

The reading group focuses on experiments that tested and compared different gender-fair language strategies or investigated the practical effects of gender-fair language in general.

The reading group will take place once a month for the whole academic year, from October to June.



Convenor:

Sessions

  • 7 Oct: Hentschel et al. (2018), Horvath and Sczesny (2016)

    • Hentschel, T., L.K. Horvath, C. Peus, and S. Sczesny (2018) "Kick-starting female careers", Journal of Personnel Psychology.
    • Horvath, L. K., and S. Sczesny (2016) "Reducing women’s lack of fit with leadership positions? Effects of the wording of job advertisements", European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 25(2), 316-328.

    30 January 2025

    00:00

  • 11 Nov: Stahlberg et al. (2007)

    • Stahlberg, D., Braun, F., Irmen, L., and Sczesny, S. (2007). “Representation of the sexes in language,” in Social Communication. A Volume in the Series Frontiers of Social Psychology, ed. K. Fiedler (New York, NY: Psychology Press), 163–187.

    30 January 2025

    00:00

  • 16 Dic: Vervecken et al. (2013) and Vervecken et al. (2015)

    • Vervecken, D., Hannover, B., and Wolter, I. (2013). Changing (s)expectations: how gender-fair job descriptions impact children’s perceptions and interest regarding traditionally male occupations. J. Vocat. Behav. 82, 208–220. doi: 10.1016/j.jvb.2013.01.008
    • Vervecken, D., and Hannover, B. (2015). Yes I can! Effects of gender fair job descriptions on children’s perceptions of job status, job difficulty, and vocational self-efficacy. Soc. Psychol. 46, 76–92. doi: 10.1027/1864-9335/a000229

    30 January 2025

    00:00

  • 10 Feb: Irmen and Schumann (2011) and Vainapel et al. (2015)

    • Irmen, L., & Schumann, E. (2011). Processing grammatical gender of role nouns: Further evidence from eye movements. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 23(8), 998-1014.
    • Vainapel, S., Shamir, O. Y., Tenenbaum, Y., & Gilam, G. (2015). The dark side of gendered language: The masculine-generic form as a cause for self-report bias. Psychological assessment, 27(4), 1513.

    10 February 2025

    16:18

  • 10 Mar

    • Scutt, J. (1985). Sexism in legal language. Australian Law Journal, 59, 163-173.
    • Gabriel, U. and F. Mellenberger (2004) "Exchanging the Generic Masculine for Gender- Balanced Forms - The Impact of Context Valence", Swiss Journal of Psychology. Pp. 273-278
    • Lindqvist, A., E.A. Renström, and M. Gustafsson Sendén (2019) "Reducing a Male Bias in Language? Establishing the Efficiency of Three Different Gender-Fair Language Strategies", Sex Roles 81, 109–117.

    10 March 2025

    00:00

  • 14 Apr

    Gaucher, D., Friesen, J., & Kay, A. C. (2011). Evidence that gendered wording in job advertisements exists and sustains gender inequality. Journal of personality and social psychology, 101(1), 109.

    14 April 2025

    00:00

  • 12 May

    12 May 2025

    00:00

  • 2 June

    02 June 2025

    00:00