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Why Using Feminine Job Titles in German Is Profitable for Women: Ascribed Linguistic Competence Enhance Prospects of Being Hired

Published:2024-01-08 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0261-927X
Container-title:Journal of Language and Social Psychology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Author:

Formanowicz Magdalena¹²^ORCID,Hodel Lea²,Sczesny Sabine²

Affiliation:

1. Center for Research on Social Relations, SWPS University, Warsaw, Poland

2. Department of Psychology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Abstract

In German, symmetrical treatment of women and men through gender-fair language is well established and the use of feminine forms is evaluated positively. In the present study ( N = 331), we examined the mechanisms behind this positive evaluation. Female job applicants were evaluated as more linguistically competent and as more competent in general, which translated into more favorable hiring decisions when using a feminine (vs. a masculine) job title. These results illuminate positive effects of successful language reform for women.

Funder

Polish National Science Center

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Linguistics and Language,Sociology and Political Science,Anthropology,Language and Linguistics,Education,Social Psychology

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0261927X231222881

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