The impact of gender-inclusive methods on design decision making
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Ribeiro Lopes, Milena and Vogel, Carl, The impact of gender-inclusive methods on design decision making. In Melchiorre, Sonia Maria and Marin Conejo, Sergio (Eds.) Communication and Gender: Debates in English, Italian and Spanish, Viterbo, Italy, Sette Citta, 2023, 221-240Abstract:
Many assumptions regarding gender biases in design have been raised in recent decades, such as that
gender stereotypes can be ingrained in products and services (Akrich, 1992; van Oost, 2003) and that the
gender imbalance in technology affects design solutions (Fountain, 2000; Wajcman, 2000). To explore the
influence of gender on technology development it was necessary to understand whether there are
differences in decisions taken by women and men in the design process that could support such claims. In
a previous study with computer science students (Lopes & Vogel, 2020) we used two gender-inclusive
methods for designing the user experience (UX) to assess the effect on decision making. Here we used the
same methods with design students. Similarly to the first study, some statistical gender differences were
disclosed. However, it also revealed that the absence of gender was mostly unnoticed, indicating the
feasibility of using gender-inclusive UX methods to address gender fluidity to the design process.
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Author: Vogel, Carl
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Communication and Gender: Debates in English, Italian and SpanishPublisher:
Sette CittaType of material:
Book ChapterCollections
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Full text availableKeywords:
Gender, Inclusive Design, Gender Fluid User, UX methodsSubject (TCD):
Digital Humanities , Inclusive Society , Computational Linguistics , Gender and designISSN:
979-12-5524-077-8Metadata
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