Effects of gender sensitive language in job listings: A study on real-life user interaction.
The possible impact of gender-sensitive language on readers is among the most controversially debated issues in linguistics and beyond. Previous studies have suggested that there is an effect of gender-sensitive language on mental representations, based on data gathered in laboratory settings with s...
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| description | The possible impact of gender-sensitive language on readers is among the most controversially debated issues in linguistics and beyond. Previous studies have suggested that there is an effect of gender-sensitive language on mental representations, based on data gathered in laboratory settings with small groups of participants. We add a new perspective by examining correlations of authentic language use with authentic user interaction on a recruitment website. Drawing upon a large dataset provided by the recruitment platform StepStone, we evaluate whether job advertisements using certain kinds of gender-sensitive language in their titles correlate with higher proportions of views by female users. Our results indicate that there are differing effects depending on the type of gender-sensitive language that is used. Overall, the strongest correlation can be found with terms that include the feminine suffix -in. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5ceedcf839b74d51a0f538c5b37fec6f2025-08-20T02:56:47ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032024-01-01198e030807210.1371/journal.pone.0308072Effects of gender sensitive language in job listings: A study on real-life user interaction.Dominik HetjensStefan HartmannThe possible impact of gender-sensitive language on readers is among the most controversially debated issues in linguistics and beyond. Previous studies have suggested that there is an effect of gender-sensitive language on mental representations, based on data gathered in laboratory settings with small groups of participants. We add a new perspective by examining correlations of authentic language use with authentic user interaction on a recruitment website. Drawing upon a large dataset provided by the recruitment platform StepStone, we evaluate whether job advertisements using certain kinds of gender-sensitive language in their titles correlate with higher proportions of views by female users. Our results indicate that there are differing effects depending on the type of gender-sensitive language that is used. Overall, the strongest correlation can be found with terms that include the feminine suffix -in.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0308072&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Dominik Hetjens Stefan Hartmann Effects of gender sensitive language in job listings: A study on real-life user interaction. PLoS ONE |
| title | Effects of gender sensitive language in job listings: A study on real-life user interaction. |
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| title_short | Effects of gender sensitive language in job listings: A study on real-life user interaction. |
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