tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547139591340610952.post1581777839396690671..comments2011-12-31T11:14:51.560-08:00Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462967960533017441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547139591340610952.post-22092978341240287592011-12-31T11:14:51.561-08:002011-12-31T11:14:51.561-08:00Dear Jen, Thanks for your comments and insightful questions. All of the issues you mentioned above are certainly things we've thought about. One thing to keep in mind is that men were randomly assigned to one of two confrontation conditions, so we had to create a controlled situation where it was plausible that men would think they said something sexist during the discussion. Gender role errors are among the most common types of sexist remarks. That's why we used that specific type of sexist behavior. Also, only 80% of the men actually used gendered language in the scenarios overall (but all of the men recalled having a sexist response after the study). This suggests that, in some cases, men did have the "Whoops" experience you described above. My dissertation will be a follow-up to this where I investigate men's responses to being confronted over an instant message program. So, I'm working on your call for more research. Unfortunately, it becomes more difficult to measure the nature of responses on an online forum. I suspect that, as decades of research suggest, a person's response and perceptions of sexism in a forum will be susceptible to constraints of the social situation.  For instance, I would expect that characteristics of the context (i.e., the nature of the original post, who posted it (male or female), the nature of the responses (supportive vs. unsupportive of the original post)) would impact subsequent responses. Again...more research!DWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3547139591340610952.post-27861887685883142212011-09-18T06:15:51.470-07:002011-09-18T06:15:51.470-07:00I am concerned that the guys laughed sounds to me like they where laughing off silly feminism "yes of course men can be nurses" to placate the women.Bazzawillhttp://profiles.google.com/bazzawillnoreply@blogger.com