Measurement of Sexism, Gender Identity, and Perceived Gender Discrimination: A Brief Overview and Suggestions for Short Scales

Authors

Jérôme Blondé
Lavinia Gianettoni
Dinah Gross
Edith Guilley
Lavinia Gianettoni
Lavinia Gianettoni
Dinah Gross
Edith Guilley
Lavinia Gianettoni
Dinah Gross
Edith Guilley

Publication

2021-2

How to cite

Blondé, J., Gianettoni, L., Gross, D., & Guilley, E. (2021). Measurement of sexism, gender identity, and perceived gender discrimination: A brief overview and suggestions for short scales. FORS Working Paper Series, paper 2021-2. Lausanne. DOI:10.24440/FWP-2021-00002


Keywords

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gender identity
gender discrimination
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gender identity
gender discrimination
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Abstract

The development of reliable and valid measures is a major challenge for gender-related research. Nonetheless, it is a necessary effort to undertake in order to assess gender inequalities accurately and pinpoint explanatory variables. Drawing on a social-psychological perspective that underscores the role of attitude, identity, and individual experience in examining gender issues, the present paper provides a brief review of the measures most commonly used to assess sexism, gender identity, and perceived gender-based discrimination. In addition, we offer suggestions for short measurement scales with the hope that sexism, gender identity, and gender discrimination can be included more extensively in large-scale opinion surveys.


Copyright

© the authors 2021. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)