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

已经作出了很大努力，试图使我们更好地了解哪些变量抑制和帮助两性平等的努力。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妇女的经历;对于为什么某些男子比其他人更支持公平努力，人们知之甚少。这个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变化，以及他们违反父权制规范所面临的后果。该项目培训一名研究生掌握科学数据收集和分析方法。该项目的成果将在科学出版物中和与相关组织分享，突出强调对改进文化敏感的平等倡议的设计的影响。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。研究人员将使用焦点小组和访谈，首先捕捉当地对男性支持女性在多个层面上的平等意味着什么的理解（即，经济、社会、性和生殖自主权），并深入了解男子挑战现状的个人经历。在此基础上，调查数据将用于估计男子违反与其他男子关系的传统规范的后果（例如，社区尊重、领导能力）和妇女（例如，作为伴侣的愿望，生殖决策的控制）。该项目还将研究男子的年龄和教育如何改变他们的经历。通过这项深入的研究，该研究将深入了解违反性别规范的成本和收益，评估和加强人类学理论关于文化变革和性别关系的驱动因素。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

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.