Communication Gap in Gender Disputes

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23530622
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology
• Research Institution: Tokyo Metropolitan University
• Principal Investigator: EHARA Yumiko 首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科(研究院), 教授 (20128565)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SAKO Teruhito 首都大学東京, 人文科学研究科, 准教授 (90453034) ; TSURUTA Sachie 千葉大学, 文学部, 准教授 (00457128)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HAYASHIBARA Akihiro 首都大学東京, 都市教養学部, 客員研究員 (60590544)
• Research Collaborator: SUNAGA Masafumi
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: ジェンダー / テキストマイニング / レトリック分析 / エスノメソドロジー / セクシュアル・マイノリティ / 科学コミュニケーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The concept of “gender,” originally devised in the academic context, has now come to be widely used by ordinary people. But once the criticism on the use of the concept has been politically raised, there emerges a complex argumentative situation: the situation on which academic, civic and political arguments are highly intertwined. How does the situation cause communication gap in gender disputes?
The original concept of “gender” had an academic and very specific meaning. But separated from the original context, the concept of “gender” acquired a wide range of application in multiple contexts. Although the change of the usage seems to have positive effects on civic arguments, it also had the negative aspects. Critics on the concept of “gender” attacked various arguments regardless of their context. As a result, now we see a very complicated political situation.

Free Research Field

社会学（社会学理論・ジェンダー論）