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Validation Of A Pilot Questionnaire To Evaluate Sexist Language

Table 1:

N Min Max Median SD
1.Faculty members use an egalitarian language in the classroom. 141 1.0 4.0 2.865 .8554
2. University uses an egalitarian language in the administrative management (in forms and applications, in the contact with students and administration staff…) 133 .0 4.0 2.263 1.1735
3. An egalitarian language is not used in student-student relationships (verbalizations such as: “this is a bummer”, “she is a butch” or “he is a sissy”, “have the balls”.) 141 .0 4.0 2.064 1.2318
4. I use an egalitarian language when I have conversations with my family. 141 .0 4.0 2.355 1.1535
4. I use an egalitarian language when I have conversations with my friends. 141 .0 4.0 2.433 1.2148
6. The whole department staff went to the Christmas lunch, from executives to secretaries. 141 .0 4.0 2.298 1.4230
7. This is a bummer. 139 .0 4.0 3.317 1.1036
8. Behind every great man is a great woman. 141 .0 4.0 2.865 1.2941
9. A group of (men) researchers from the University of Malaga, María Guerra, Lucía Pérez y José López, is undertaking a study about non-sexist language. 140 .0 4.0 2.500 1.4066
10. More than 5000 (men) nurses have attended to the nursing annual convention 141 .0 4.0 2.667 1.4376
11. The dean, who closed the conference with great elegance, chose a simple blue dress. 141 .0 4.0 2.596 1.3627
12. Marta is a bad mother. She works until seven in the evening while a babysitter takes care of her children. 141 .0 4.0 2.085 1.4856
13. Be careful with her, she’s a bitch. 140 .0 4.0 3.007 1.3384
14. The (women) administrative officers can help you to resolve the problems with your enrollment. 141 .0 4.0 2.496 1.3018
15. Wait for the (woman) nurse to call you and then a (man) doctor will tend you. 141 .0 4.0 2.957 1.2471
16. University community is fully aware of using an egalitarian language. 139 .0 4.0 2.446 .9719
17. There is an agreement and a political commitment from university institutions about the use of an egalitarian language. 139 .0 4.0 2.173 .9700
18. There is ignorance about non-sexist alternative wording (the use of faculty and student body as a generic term). 141 .0 4.0 2.355 1.1284
19. There is a lack of documentation and resources about the subject. 141 .0 4.0 2.468 1.1055
20. Official documents take into account the use of an egalitarian language. 141 .0 4.0 1.837 1.3181
21. Alternative models with non-sexist wording are used. 140 .0 4.0 1.743 .9772
22. There are awareness campaigns in order to promote the use of an egalitarian language. 141 .0 4.0 2.319 1.1971
23. There are training activities. 139 .0 4.0 2.237 1.2830
24. The habit of using the masculine gender as the generic one has great influence. 140 .0 4.0 3.236 .9716
25. The macho and androcentric culture has a clear influence. 141 .0 4.0 3.021 1.0314
26. Using non-sexist language could be strange and unusual. 141 .0 4.0 2.277 1.2655
27. Non-sexist wordings are too much complex and hinder communication. 141 .0 4.0 1.426 1.1725
28. Using non-sexist language is object of jokes. 139 .0 4.0 2.094 1.3016
29.I will choose words such as student and people, laying aside “men”. 141 .0 4.0 2.887 1.2369
30. Teaching resources (videos, pictures) take into account the alternation of characters (alternating women with men) and/or the duplication (woman and man in the same picture). 140 .0 4.0 2.229 .9696
31. The discourse of student and faculty shows the future profession in an egalitarian way. For instance, they use the masculine and feminine form of the word graduate in Spanish (“Graduado/a en Pedagogía”). 140 .0 4.0 2.671 1.0691
32. What do you feel is someone writes “Dear colleagues” making reference to both genders masculine and feminine (“Estimad@s compañer@s”)? 141 .0 4.0 3.170 1.0754
33. What do you feel is someone writes, “You’re invited to my party” making reference to both genders masculine and feminine (“Estás invitad@ a mi fiesta)? 139 .0 4.0 3.245 1.0415
34. Would you write: “It is a right of every Spanish men and women”? 140 .0 4.0 3.293 1.1660
35. Do you agree to the use of “every men and women” in political discourses? 141 .0 4.0 3.326 1.1495
36. How would you feel if someone wrote or told: “Only (men and women) students who have attended 80% of practical lessons may take the final exam”. 141 .0 4.0 3.496 .9151
37. How would you feel if someone wrote or told: “Dear (man or woman) friend”. 140 .0 4.0 3.286 1.0881
38. How do you feel if someone write or told: “After the accident, a (woman) expert from the insurance company had to examine my car”. 141 .0 4.0 2.965 1.2559
39. Would you agree to always write or tell citizenship (instead of using the masculine form of the word citizen)? 140 .0 4.0 3.171 1.1249
40. Would you agree to always write or tell faculty (instead of using the masculine form of the word teacher)? 141 .0 4.0 3.355 1.0151
How old are you? 139 17.0 59.0 20.432 5.8086
Valid N (according to the list) 115
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