Thanks for that - yes, non-binary is probably better than other, thinking about it. ________________________________________ From: Kinloch, Karen [k.kinloch@lancaster.ac.uk] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:11 To: Sarah Merry; Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-L] Gender and surveys I use male/female/prefer not to say and then rather than other use non-binary and that seemed to be agreeable to the students who took the survey. Karen Kinloch Department of English Language and Linguistics Lancaster University @Karrie_Don ________________________________________ From: Air-L [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Sarah Merry [skmerry@gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:03 To: Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys I'm cautious of using 'other', since it can be offensive to some people. Though it is difficult to know what to use in its place. I used 'trans*' with an asterisk because my reading at the time suggested it was the best option. I wouldn't use it now, because I think it is (or rather can be) problematic in itself. I tried to find some clear and straightforward guidance to the best way of asking for gender in research and couldn't. (My supervisors weren't much help because they couldn't really see past the binary.) Some students in my research methods classes have also mentioned it as a difficult issue, so it looks as though that this question is going to run and run. On 13 April 2016 at 13:46, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk> wrote:
I mainly use male, female, other and sometimes 'prefer not to say' depending on how important gender is to the research. With 'other', I usually have a text box for people to write in. I don't tend to use 'trans' as a separate term because many trans people identify as either male or female rather than 'other' or non-binary, and there are people who are non-binary but wouldn't necessarily call themselves trans. It depends on what your research involves-if you are working with trans or genderqueer communities specifically, you might want to have a selection of different identity options around that.
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Merry Sent: 13 April 2016 11:28 To: sky c; Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
In my PhD three/four years ago I used radio buttons (male / female / trans*) plus a text box for anyone who felt they could not click one of the buttons. This was successful, in that some (about 2% IIRC) respondents used the text box.
Now I mostly just use a text box, or don't ask for gender at all.
Sarah Merry
On 13 April 2016 at 02:43, sky c <skyc@riseup.net> wrote:
I seem to be sending a similar email quite often lately, so I thought it might be worth sending out a version to the list more generally.
Many of the surveys I see sent out over this list still include a 'gender' option that offers users the choice of only 'male' or 'female'. If you're developing a survey to send out, it might be worth considering: * Whether gender is relevant to your research question/topic? (If not, you may consider leaving out a question about gender) * Offering more options for gender. Gender is complex, and many people don't identify as either male or female. Offering an option for a text field is a useful way to allow people to answer the question honestly: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/11/26/disalienation/
I'm also curious how people who are already addressing the gender spectrum in research surveys are approaching this: do you use a text field, 'male'/'female'/'other', or something else?
Thanks, sky.
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Agreed - I think I'll use that, next time I need gender information. Thanks! On 13 April 2016 at 14:25, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk> wrote:
Thanks for that - yes, non-binary is probably better than other, thinking about it. ________________________________________ From: Kinloch, Karen [k.kinloch@lancaster.ac.uk] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:11 To: Sarah Merry; Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
I use male/female/prefer not to say and then rather than other use non-binary and that seemed to be agreeable to the students who took the survey.
Karen Kinloch
Department of English Language and Linguistics Lancaster University @Karrie_Don
________________________________________ From: Air-L [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Sarah Merry [ skmerry@gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:03 To: Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
I'm cautious of using 'other', since it can be offensive to some people. Though it is difficult to know what to use in its place.
I used 'trans*' with an asterisk because my reading at the time suggested it was the best option. I wouldn't use it now, because I think it is (or rather can be) problematic in itself.
I tried to find some clear and straightforward guidance to the best way of asking for gender in research and couldn't. (My supervisors weren't much help because they couldn't really see past the binary.)
Some students in my research methods classes have also mentioned it as a difficult issue, so it looks as though that this question is going to run and run.
On 13 April 2016 at 13:46, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk> wrote:
I mainly use male, female, other and sometimes 'prefer not to say' depending on how important gender is to the research. With 'other', I usually have a text box for people to write in. I don't tend to use 'trans' as a separate term because many trans people identify as either male or female rather than 'other' or non-binary, and there are people who are non-binary but wouldn't necessarily call themselves trans. It depends on what your research involves-if you are working with trans or genderqueer communities specifically, you might want to have a selection of different identity options around that.
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Merry Sent: 13 April 2016 11:28 To: sky c; Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
In my PhD three/four years ago I used radio buttons (male / female / trans*) plus a text box for anyone who felt they could not click one of the buttons. This was successful, in that some (about 2% IIRC) respondents used the text box.
Now I mostly just use a text box, or don't ask for gender at all.
Sarah Merry
On 13 April 2016 at 02:43, sky c <skyc@riseup.net> wrote:
I seem to be sending a similar email quite often lately, so I thought it might be worth sending out a version to the list more generally.
Many of the surveys I see sent out over this list still include a 'gender' option that offers users the choice of only 'male' or 'female'. If you're developing a survey to send out, it might be worth considering: * Whether gender is relevant to your research question/topic? (If not, you may consider leaving out a question about gender) * Offering more options for gender. Gender is complex, and many people don't identify as either male or female. Offering an option for a text field is a useful way to allow people to answer the question honestly: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/11/26/disalienation/
I'm also curious how people who are already addressing the gender spectrum in research surveys are approaching this: do you use a text field, 'male'/'female'/'other', or something else?
Thanks, sky.
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Hello - As an example of affirming gender diversity, this report might be useful in developing survey items. https://www.beyondblue.org.au/docs/default-source/research-project-files/bw0... The Blues to Rainbows report, from the Centre I used to work at, the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society. Although the report is not focused on the research you're discussing it does include items related to sex assigned at birth and gender identities of participants. Warm regards Natalie On 13 April 2016 at 23:27, Sarah Merry <skmerry@gmail.com> wrote:
Agreed - I think I'll use that, next time I need gender information. Thanks!
On 13 April 2016 at 14:25, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk> wrote:
Thanks for that - yes, non-binary is probably better than other, thinking about it. ________________________________________ From: Kinloch, Karen [k.kinloch@lancaster.ac.uk] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:11 To: Sarah Merry; Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
I use male/female/prefer not to say and then rather than other use non-binary and that seemed to be agreeable to the students who took the survey.
Karen Kinloch
Department of English Language and Linguistics Lancaster University @Karrie_Don
________________________________________ From: Air-L [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Sarah Merry [ skmerry@gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:03 To: Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
I'm cautious of using 'other', since it can be offensive to some people. Though it is difficult to know what to use in its place.
I used 'trans*' with an asterisk because my reading at the time suggested it was the best option. I wouldn't use it now, because I think it is (or rather can be) problematic in itself.
I tried to find some clear and straightforward guidance to the best way of asking for gender in research and couldn't. (My supervisors weren't much help because they couldn't really see past the binary.)
Some students in my research methods classes have also mentioned it as a difficult issue, so it looks as though that this question is going to run and run.
On 13 April 2016 at 13:46, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk> wrote:
I mainly use male, female, other and sometimes 'prefer not to say' depending on how important gender is to the research. With 'other', I usually have a text box for people to write in. I don't tend to use 'trans' as a separate term because many trans people identify as either male or female rather than 'other' or non-binary, and there are people who are non-binary but wouldn't necessarily call themselves trans. It depends on what your research involves-if you are working with trans or genderqueer communities specifically, you might want to have a selection of different identity options around that.
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Merry Sent: 13 April 2016 11:28 To: sky c; Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
In my PhD three/four years ago I used radio buttons (male / female / trans*) plus a text box for anyone who felt they could not click one of the buttons. This was successful, in that some (about 2% IIRC) respondents used the text box.
Now I mostly just use a text box, or don't ask for gender at all.
Sarah Merry
On 13 April 2016 at 02:43, sky c <skyc@riseup.net> wrote:
I seem to be sending a similar email quite often lately, so I thought it might be worth sending out a version to the list more generally.
Many of the surveys I see sent out over this list still include a 'gender' option that offers users the choice of only 'male' or 'female'. If you're developing a survey to send out, it might be worth considering: * Whether gender is relevant to your research question/topic? (If not, you may consider leaving out a question about gender) * Offering more options for gender. Gender is complex, and many people don't identify as either male or female. Offering an option for a text field is a useful way to allow people to answer the question honestly: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/11/26/disalienation/
I'm also curious how people who are already addressing the gender spectrum in research surveys are approaching this: do you use a text field, 'male'/'female'/'other', or something else?
Thanks, sky.
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Hi everybody, I did a bit of research on the subject when designing my survey and male and female may be ok if you are a doctor asking about people's genitalia. If you are not, I would not use that. I still have my survey online and for the gender identity question I asked for suggestions to trans and queer scholar communities, there is also a bit of information online.
From my personal point of view as a designer, it is not just a matter of how you name it, but also, the order in which you display it is a nice detail. Here a screenshot of what I am using, and the link the survey just in case you guys want to spend a couple of minutes helping a fellow researcher answering some questions on media and memory
I think it is super important the fact that we are having this conversation, so thank you all for that, https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Ftd3nw29ZK6PmgzLDeaZasl7wCdrW9RUPQmymGUaHzM... Marta Delatte creative director and co-founder ellenjames.net <http://www.ellenjames.net/> @martadelatte PhD Researcher Media & Memory Research Initiative University of Hull (UK) 44 (0) 7923 528128 wanderingliquen.com @liquen_ 2016-04-13 14:32 GMT+01:00 Natalie Hendry <natalie.hendry@gmail.com>:
Hello - As an example of affirming gender diversity, this report might be useful in developing survey items.
https://www.beyondblue.org.au/docs/default-source/research-project-files/bw0...
The Blues to Rainbows report, from the Centre I used to work at, the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society. Although the report is not focused on the research you're discussing it does include items related to sex assigned at birth and gender identities of participants.
Warm regards Natalie
On 13 April 2016 at 23:27, Sarah Merry <skmerry@gmail.com> wrote:
Agreed - I think I'll use that, next time I need gender information. Thanks!
On 13 April 2016 at 14:25, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk> wrote:
Thanks for that - yes, non-binary is probably better than other, thinking about it. ________________________________________ From: Kinloch, Karen [k.kinloch@lancaster.ac.uk] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:11 To: Sarah Merry; Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
I use male/female/prefer not to say and then rather than other use non-binary and that seemed to be agreeable to the students who took the survey.
Karen Kinloch
Department of English Language and Linguistics Lancaster University @Karrie_Don
________________________________________ From: Air-L [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Sarah Merry [ skmerry@gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:03 To: Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
I'm cautious of using 'other', since it can be offensive to some people. Though it is difficult to know what to use in its place.
I used 'trans*' with an asterisk because my reading at the time suggested it was the best option. I wouldn't use it now, because I think it is (or rather can be) problematic in itself.
I tried to find some clear and straightforward guidance to the best way of asking for gender in research and couldn't. (My supervisors weren't much help because they couldn't really see past the binary.)
Some students in my research methods classes have also mentioned it as a difficult issue, so it looks as though that this question is going to run and run.
On 13 April 2016 at 13:46, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller@shu.ac.uk> wrote:
I mainly use male, female, other and sometimes 'prefer not to say' depending on how important gender is to the research. With 'other', I usually have a text box for people to write in. I don't tend to use 'trans' as a separate term because many trans people identify as either male or female rather than 'other' or non-binary, and there are people who are non-binary but wouldn't necessarily call themselves trans. It depends on what your research involves-if you are working with trans or genderqueer communities specifically, you might want to have a selection of different identity options around that.
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sarah Merry Sent: 13 April 2016 11:28 To: sky c; Air-L@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
In my PhD three/four years ago I used radio buttons (male / female / trans*) plus a text box for anyone who felt they could not click one of the buttons. This was successful, in that some (about 2% IIRC) respondents used the text box.
Now I mostly just use a text box, or don't ask for gender at all.
Sarah Merry
On 13 April 2016 at 02:43, sky c <skyc@riseup.net> wrote:
I seem to be sending a similar email quite often lately, so I thought it might be worth sending out a version to the list more generally.
Many of the surveys I see sent out over this list still include a 'gender' option that offers users the choice of only 'male' or 'female'. If you're developing a survey to send out, it might be worth considering: * Whether gender is relevant to your research question/topic? (If not, you may consider leaving out a question about gender) * Offering more options for gender. Gender is complex, and many people don't identify as either male or female. Offering an option for a text field is a useful way to allow people to answer the question honestly: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/11/26/disalienation/
I'm also curious how people who are already addressing the gender spectrum in research surveys are approaching this: do you use a text field, 'male'/'female'/'other', or something else?
Thanks, sky.
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