Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Social and Reproductive Ramifications for Men Supporting Gender equity Efforts

已经做出了许多努力，试图提高我们对哪些变量阻碍和帮助性别平等努力的理解。关于推动社会性别规范变化的因素的研究往往主要侧重于衡量女性的经历；对于为什么某些男性比其他男性更倾向于支持平等努力，人们知之甚少。这一博士论文项目解决了这一差距，记录了男性对性别平等的信念的差异，以及他们因违反父权规范而面临的后果。该项目对研究生进行科学数据收集和分析方法的培训。该项目的成果将在科学出版物中分享，并与相关组织分享，突出说明改进设计具有文化敏感性的平等倡议的影响。该项目将在一个正在经历与城市化相关的快速社会经济变化的农村社区进行。研究人员将利用焦点小组和访谈，首先获取当地对男性在多个维度(即经济、社会、性和生殖自主权)支持女性平等意味着什么的理解，并提供对男性挑战现状的个人经历的深入了解。在此基础上，调查数据将被用来估计男性在与其他男性(例如社区尊重、领导能力)和女性(例如作为伴侣的可取性、对生殖决策的控制)之间的关系中违反传统规范的后果。该项目还将研究男性的年龄和教育如何改变他们的经历。通过这项深入的研究，这项研究将提供对违反性别规范的成本和收益的见解，评估和加强关于文化变革和性别关系驱动因素的人类学理论。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Much effort has been made toward attempting to improve our understanding of what variables inhibit and aid gender equity efforts. Studies of what drives social change in gender norms have tended to focus primarily on measuring women’s experiences; little is known about why certain men opt to support equity efforts more than others. This doctoral dissertation project addresses this gap, documenting variation in men’s beliefs about gender equity, and the consequences they face for violating patriarchal norms. This project trains a graduate student in methods of scientific data collection and analysis. The results of the project will be shared in scientific publications and with relevant organizations, highlighting implications for the improved design of culturally sensitive equity initiatives. The project will be conducted in a rural community undergoing rapid socioeconomic changes associated with urbanization. The researchers will use focus groups and interviews to first capture local understandings of what it means for men to support women’s equity across multiple dimensions (i.e., economic, social, sexual, and reproductive autonomy), and provide in-depth knowledge of men’s personal experiences challenging the status quo. From this foundation, survey data will be used to estimate the consequences of men violating traditional norms for their relationships with other men (e.g., community respect, capacity for leadership) and women (e.g., desirability as a partner, control of reproductive decision-making). The project will also examine how men’s age and education modify their experiences. Through this in-depth study, the research will provide insights into the costs and benefits of gender norm violation, evaluating and enhancing anthropological theory regarding the drivers of cultural change and gender relations.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.