Does a scientist have gender? Reflections on relations in scientific community through the prism of gender stereotypes Cover Image

Czy naukowiec ma płeć? Rozważania na temat relacji w świecie nauki przez pryzmat stereotypów płciowych
Does a scientist have gender? Reflections on relations in scientific community through the prism of gender stereotypes

Author(s): Konrad Kośnik, Olga Węglerska
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Sociology, Social psychology and group interaction, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: stereotype; gender discrimination; researcher’s gender; language stereotypization; human sexuality;

Summary/Abstract: The paper aims to study a problem of gender stereotypes present in the academic community, harming particular researchers (especially women). In the article chosen methods of stereotypes’ counteraction are focused and analysed in terms of their risks of stereotype preservation. The concept of feminatives as a proposition of gender equalization is reflected and presented from the perspective of their drawbacks in the field of social functioning. The gender stereotypes’ influence on research participants is treated as a special aspect of the problem, peculiarly in the area of human sexuality research due to specific feedback and results’ bias. The problem is analysed then both from the systemic (contextual) perspective of academia and the particular situation of research, showing that gender may but does not have to influence scientific work.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 51
  • Page Range: 205-220
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish
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