Thank you all for the thoughts and suggestions!

Here is what I got so far in terms of references:

from Jennifer Saul:

Stout, J.G., & Dasgupta, N. (2011). When he doesn't mean you:
Gender-exclusive language as ostracism for women. Personality and
Social Psychology Bulletin, 37, 757-769.

Cameron, D. and D. Kulick (2003) Language and Sexuality. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press

from Elizabeth Minnich:

Language, Gender and Society, edited by Barrie Thorne, Cheris Kramarae, and Nancy Henley. Rowley, Mass.: Newbury House, 1983.

Best,

Sara

2013/6/7 Audrey Anton <[log in to unmask]>

Yes! May we all receive the data? If someone has or knows of a study, would you please hit "reply all"? I too am interested.
Audrey

--- On Fri, 6/7/13, Paula Popovici <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Paula Popovici <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Gendered language and discrimination
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Friday, June 7, 2013, 7:40 AM

> Hello,
>
> I keep hearing this word, 'silly', in relation to efforts to
> make
> language less sexist (since 2002 when, as a prospective
> licentiate, I
> defended a thesis on gender neutral language and political
> correctness
> in Romania and my (all male) examiners concluded that my
> motive for
> writing such a thesis and engaging with such a topic was "my
> need to
> be like men"!)
>
> Granted, in languages such as German and Romanian that are
> so heavily
> gendered, such efforts feel forced and alien sometimes.
> Similar to how
> I feel when I have to use a 'male' term to describe myself
> as a
> philosopher, my sister as a social worker or my mother as an
> engineer.
>
> But this is an important topic and I would also be
> interested to hear
> about empirical studies on the subject.
>
> Best,
> Paula Popovici
>
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 7:36 PM, Sara Protasi <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> > Dear members,
> >
> > I was wondering if you know of any empirical research
> that proves or
> > disproves that gendered language has an impact on
> implicit or explicit
> > discrimination.
> >
> > I am asking in light of the recent news that the
> University of Leipzig has
> > voted to adopt the feminine version of the word for
> “professor” as its
> > default. This strikes me as interesting, but I am not
> sure whether it's
> > effective or whether it could even be counterproductive
> (given that lots of
> > people I talked to find it silly at best).
> >
> > Aside from references, I welcome people's thoughts on
> the matter!
> >
> > Best,
> > Sara
> >
> >
> >
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