When There is No He/She: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Genderless Language Use and Its Impact on Gender Ideology

Journal of Language and Social Psychology • Vol/Iss. 44(5) • Sage Journals • • Published In • Pages: 623-681 •
By Tanabe, Megumi, Tun, Lily, Vaseiezadeh, Nasim, Dogan, Imge

Hypothesis

People who primarily speak a genderless language will have less gender based attitudes compared to gendered language speakers (630)

Note

In the "Latin America" subgroup, those that speak a genderless language at home are more likely to express egalitarian attitudes towards income equality in marriage and consider gender equality as part of democracy. In the "African Islamic" subgroup, those that speak a genderless language at home are more likely to consider gender equality as a part of democracy. In the "Orthodox Europe" subgroup, those that speak a genderless language at home are more likely to consider domestic violence unjustifiable. In the "West and South Asia" subgroup, those that speak a genderless language at home are more likely to disapprove of domestic violence.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Ordered logistic regressionPartial SupportUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN