APS

2025 APS Annual Convention

Linguistic, Visual, and Moral Representations of Gender: Sociocultural Antecedents and (In)Equality Consequences

Friday, May 23, 2025 · Washington, DC

Oral · Social

This symposium brings together four talks that present work employing cutting-edge techniques to demonstrate 1) how sociocultural factors shape individuals’ representations of gender groups in the linguistic, visual, and moral domains and further, 2) how such representations perpetuate gender inequality.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Yanzi HuangChair
    University of Delaware USA
  • Peter Mende-SiedleckiChair
    University of Delaware

Presentations

  1. Gender Categories Vary Not Only in Content, but in ScopeRachel Leshin, Samuel Carton, April Bailey
  2. Mapping Gender Inequalities in Facial First Impressions & Cultural Representations across NationsSally Xie, Shan Gao, April Bailey
  3. Gender Status Quo Defense Predicts Infantilized Mental Representations of WomenYanzi Huang, Peter Mende-Siedlecki, Erin Hennes
  4. The Gendered Representations of MoralityJordan Wylie, Heleni Singer, Peter Mende-Siedlecki, Liane Young, Ana Gantman, Paul Bloom