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The Middle Dot Challenge: Influence of Gender-Fair Language on Representations and Stereotypical Associations of Science and Care Jobs

par Mora, Youri ;Quinton, Jean-Charles;Klein, Olivier ;Smeding, Annique A.S.
Référence Journal of language and social psychology
Publication A Paraître, 2025-04-17

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Can gender-fair language (GFL) shift gendered representations and stereotypical associations of science (masculine) and care (feminine) jobs? In a first preregistered study (Nparticipants = 338, Ntrials = 9,464), the influence of GFL—using the middle dot—on gender representations of science and care jobs was assessed with self-reports. GFL shifted these representations towards gender parity compared to masculine and feminine generics. We observed small effects with this direct measure. Moving to an indirect measure, a second preregistered study (Nparticipants = 81, Ntrials = 18,144) designed a new version of the Implicit Association Test (IAT) to evaluate gender and science/care job associations, presented in generic vs. GFL forms. We replicated the IAT effect of stereotype congruency. This effect was moderated by GFL. Findings support the relevance of GFL to modify gendered representations and stereotypical associations of science and care jobs, along with that of both feminization and masculinization of job titles.