%0 Journal Article %1 simon2011gendered %A Simon, Richard M. %D 2011 %J Public Understanding of Science %K 2011 AHindexed EB_input2016 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article checked english fdz_jb indexproved input2016 review_proved reviewed %N 3 %P 334-346 %R 10.1177/0963662509344272 %T Gendered contexts: Masculinity, knowledge, and attitudes toward biotechnology %U http://pus.sagepub.com/content/20/3/334.abstract %V 20 %X Research into the public understanding of science has revealed that the effect of scientific knowledge on attitudes toward science is contextualized by gender; however there has not yet been an account of how gender contextualizes knowledge. This paper investigates how gender identification affects attitudes toward science, and tempers the effects of scientific knowledge on attitudes toward science. Utilizing data from the Eurobarometer 52.1, it is predicted that when males perceive a threat to their masculinity (as measured by a perceived threat to their financial security) they will become more likely to be aversive to biotechnology, and that increased levels of perceived threat will reduce the effects of knowledge on attitudes toward biotechnology. Moreover, it is predicted that these effects will be smaller than their female counterparts. All predictions are affirmed.

@article{simon2011gendered, abstract = {Research into the public understanding of science has revealed that the effect of scientific knowledge on attitudes toward science is contextualized by gender; however there has not yet been an account of how gender contextualizes knowledge. This paper investigates how gender identification affects attitudes toward science, and tempers the effects of scientific knowledge on attitudes toward science. Utilizing data from the Eurobarometer 52.1, it is predicted that when males perceive a threat to their masculinity (as measured by a perceived threat to their financial security) they will become more likely to be aversive to biotechnology, and that increased levels of perceived threat will reduce the effects of knowledge on attitudes toward biotechnology. Moreover, it is predicted that these effects will be smaller than their female counterparts. All predictions are affirmed.}, added-at = {2019-03-20T18:49:19.000+0100}, author = {Simon, Richard M.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2fb5de795697220c1be6f2b6f0ccfd3df/gesis_dump}, doi = {10.1177/0963662509344272}, eprint = {http://pus.sagepub.com/content/20/3/334.full.pdf+html}, interhash = {4e0acf19e28efec3b9e659f2cacbf900}, intrahash = {fb5de795697220c1be6f2b6f0ccfd3df}, journal = {Public Understanding of Science}, keywords = {2011 AHindexed EB_input2016 Eurobarometer FDZ_IUP SCOPUSindexed SSCIindexed article checked english fdz_jb indexproved input2016 review_proved reviewed}, note = {First published online: September 28, 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0963662509344272. (Eurobarometer)}, number = 3, pages = {334-346}, tagadata-svko-dda-test = {10293}, tagadata-svkoddatest2 = {10286}, timestamp = {2019-10-01T13:00:41.000+0200}, title = {Gendered contexts: Masculinity, knowledge, and attitudes toward biotechnology}, url = {http://pus.sagepub.com/content/20/3/334.abstract}, volume = 20, year = 2011 }