Reimagining Gender: Gender Neutrality in the News
Reimagining Gender: Gender Neutrality in the News
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10.1086/699369
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2019-01
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Abigail C. Saguy;Juliet A. Williams
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作者：
Abigail C. Saguy;Juliet A. Williams
自20世纪70年代以来，中性这个词在从代词到育儿到公共厕所等一系列问题的辩论中变得突出起来。为了促进对这一近期性别政治中的关键术语的理解，我们对四家主要报纸的近1000篇文章进行了定量和定性分析，这些文章在40年的时间里提到了性别中立一词。这个词出现在新闻文章中，讨论男女性别平等、女同性恋者和同性恋者的权利以及变性人的权利。然而，那些讨论男女两性平等的文章往往不讨论LGBT权利。同样，那些讨论LGBT权利的文章很少讨论性别平等。此外，我们确定了三种不同的性别中立框架，并表明它们分别与关于性别平等、性取向或性别认同的报道有不同的联系。通过展示这三个框架如何代表着对主流性别安排的不同挑战，本文推进了对取消和重塑性别的理论理解。
Since the 1970s, the term gender neutral has risen to prominence in debates over issues ranging from pronouns to parenting to public restrooms. To advance understanding of this key term in recent gender politics, we conduct quantitative and qualitative analyses of almost one thousand articles from four major newspapers—over a forty-year period—that mention the term gender neutral. The term arises in news articles discussing gender equality between women and men, lesbian and gay rights, and transgender rights. Those articles discussing gender equality between women and men, however, tend not to discuss LGBT rights. Likewise, those articles that discuss LGBT rights rarely discuss gender equality. Moreover, we identify three distinct ways of framing gender neutrality and show that they are differentially associated with reporting on gender equality between women and men, sexual orientation, or gender identity, respectively. By showing how these three frames represent distinct challenges to prevailing gender arrangements, this article advances theoretical understanding of undoing and redoing gender.