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Beyond traditional understanding of gender measurement: the gender (re)presentation approach

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posted on 2023-08-30, 13:59 authored by Russell Luyt
This paper considers different approaches to measuring gender. It critically reviews gender role theorising and describes how this has informed two approaches to measuring gender as an individual phenomenon: gender orientation (the assessment of individual traits) and gender ideology (assessing individual endorsement, and internalisation, of social norms). It is argued here that social constructionist perspectives offer a viable alternative to gender role theory and that these inform an alternative approach to measuring gender as a social phenomenon: gender (re)presentation. This approach assesses group level endorsement of dominant gender representations. Endorsement is not seen to reflect individual traits or internalised social norms. Rather, it is understood as a social practice, made meaningful through shared understanding of dominant gender representation. This approach is introduced through a critique of the traditional concept of attitudes and a reformulation thereof. The practical measurement implications and benefit of this reformulation are outlined.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

24

Issue number

2

Page range

207-226

Publication title

Journal of Gender Studies

ISSN

1465-3869

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2014-04-16

Legacy creation date

2020-12-18

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

ARCHIVED Faculty of Science & Technology (until September 2018)

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