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14(3)2024

Gender-fair language usage among Kalinga State University faculty, correlational with gender stereotype impressions


Author - Affiliation:
Abigail Quimosing-Ocay - Kalinga State University, Tabuk City, Kalinga
Odette C. Pannogan - Kalinga State University, Tabuk City, Kalinga
Lailani C. Banggawan - Kalinga State University, Tabuk City, Kalinga
Corresponding author: Abigail Quimosing-Ocay - abquimosing@ksu.edu.ph
Submitted: 07-06-2023
Accepted: 01-10-2023
Published: 27-03-2024

Abstract
This study assessed the relationship between gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the faculty of Kalinga State University. Specifically, it determined the extent of gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the respondents, and it also identified if there is a significant relationship between the extent of gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the respondents. Significantly, the study revealed that the faculty are very sensitive to gender-fair language usage and very sensitive to their level of gender-stereotype impressions. It also revealed that there is a significant relationship between the extent of gender-fair language usage and the extent of gender stereotype impressions among the Kalinga State University faculty. Thus, it was concluded that there is a high regard for gender sensitivity among the faculty of Kalinga State University as a result of their very sensitive level of gender-fair language usage and very sensitive level of gender-stereotype impressions. Consequently, one’s perception of gender-fair language usage also affects one’s impression of gender stereotyping.

Keywords
gender and development; gender equality; gender-fair language; gender issues; gender stereotype impressions

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Quimosing-Ocay, A., Pannogan, O. C., & Banggawan, L. C. (2024). Gender-fair language usage among Kalinga State University faculty, correlational with gender stereotype impressions. Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science – Social Sciences, 14(3), 42-53. doi:10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.14.3.2803.2024


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.46223/HCMCOUJS.soci.en.14.3.2803.2024
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