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

博士论文研究：支持性别平等努力对男性的社会和生殖影响

• 批准号: 2241629
• 负责人: David Lawson
• 金额: $ 2.52万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2023-01-15 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2241629&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Social; Reproductive

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.

人们已经做出了很多努力来试图提高我们对哪些变量抑制和促进性别平等努力的理解。对推动性别规范社会变革的因素的研究往往主要集中在衡量女性的经历；而对于为什么某些男性选择支持却知之甚少。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看法的变化，以及他们因违反父权制规范而面临的后果。该项目对研究生进行科学数据收集和分析方法的培训。该项目的结果将被分享。在科学出版物中并与相关组织合作，强调对文化敏感的公平举措的改进设计的影响。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。研究人员将利用焦点小组和访谈来首先了解当地人对其内容的理解。男性平等意味着在多个维度（即经济、社会、性和生殖自主）支持女性，并深入了解男性挑战现状的个人经历。在此基础上，调查数据将用于估计。男性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。通过深入研究，该研究将深入了解违反性别规范的成本和收益，评估和增强有关文化变革和性别关系驱动因素的人类学理论。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，经评估认为值得支持使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准。