Making Gender Comparisons More Meaningful: A Call for More Attention to Social Context
Saved in:
| Title: | Making Gender Comparisons More Meaningful: A Call for More Attention to Social Context |
|---|---|
| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Yoder, Janice D., Kahn, Arnold S. |
| Source: | Psychology of Women Quarterly. Dec 2003 27(4):281-290. |
| Availability: | Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Physical Description: | |
| Page Count: | 10 |
| Publication Date: | 2003 |
| Document Type: | Information Analyses Journal Articles |
| Descriptors: | Context Effect, Social Environment, Gender Differences, Intervention, Periodicals, Comparative Analysis, Generalization, Research |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1471-6402.00108 |
| ISSN: | 0361-6843 |
| Abstract: | We challenge researchers to consider sex and gender as a marker for possible social contextual differences. Disappointed by both philosophical and empirical attempts to find coherence in research making gender comparisons, we selectively review studies showing both context-specific similarities between women and men where overall comparisons found differences as well as context-specific differences where general patterns of similarity existed. These examples cut across embedded levels of social context, ranging from those immediately proximal to the individual (interpersonal) to organizational and broad societal structures. They suggest that seemingly identical contexts can have sweepingly different impacts on women and men and that effective social interventions be gender-sensitive. (Contains 1 table.) |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Number of References: | 129 |
| Entry Date: | 2011 |
| Accession Number: | EJ914828 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | We challenge researchers to consider sex and gender as a marker for possible social contextual differences. Disappointed by both philosophical and empirical attempts to find coherence in research making gender comparisons, we selectively review studies showing both context-specific similarities between women and men where overall comparisons found differences as well as context-specific differences where general patterns of similarity existed. These examples cut across embedded levels of social context, ranging from those immediately proximal to the individual (interpersonal) to organizational and broad societal structures. They suggest that seemingly identical contexts can have sweepingly different impacts on women and men and that effective social interventions be gender-sensitive. (Contains 1 table.) |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 0361-6843 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1471-6402.00108 |
