A G E GE ND E R R E S EAR C H

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W OR D S R E LA T ED T O F A C E
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B Y: O DO N CH IM E G.T PH .D
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EN T E D B Y: J A M T SA A .B
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WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
STUDYING PEOPLE’S SUBCONSCIOUS CONCEPTIONS OF GENDER IS
VITAL BECAUSE THOSE CONCEPTIONS ARE EXTREMELY
INFLUENTIAL IN OUR PERSONAL AND SOCIAL LIVES, PROVIDING
IMPLICIT STANDARDS OF COMPARISON, AND CONSCIOUSLY AND
UNCONSCIOUSLY AFFECTING OUR SELF-IMAGE AND
INTERPERSONAL ATTITUDES.
PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
PURPOSE OF THIS SMALL RESEARCH IS TO DETERMINE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES’ PEOPLE’S
SUBCONSCIOUS CONCEPTIONS OF LANGUAGE GENDER. SO THAT
WE CAN FIND OUT HOW THESE CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES ARE
AFFECTING OUR LIFESTYLE AND HOW THESE WERE FORMED IN A
LONG HISTORY.
SURVEY FORMAT, SUBJECTS AND PROCEDURES
TEST FORMAT SUBJECTS PROCEDURES
1- STRONGLY FEMININE FOREHEAD LIPS NATIVE MONGOLIAN STUDENTS
2-FEMININE TOOK PART IN THE SURVEY. HALF OF
FACE TEETH
3-FEMININE LIKE THE TEST WERE TAKEN BY FACE-TO-
EYES CHIN FACE TALKING WHILE OTHER HALF
4-NEUTRAL
NOSE CHEEKS WERE TAKEN BY TEST SHEET
5-MASCULINE LIKE WITHOUT TALKING. PARTICIPANTS
EYEBROWS HEAD
6-MASCULINE WERE TOLD TO ANSWER AS
7-STRONGLY MASCULINE MOUTH SUBCONSCIOUSLY AS POSSIBLE;
WITHOUT THINKING.
HOW THE TEST SHEET LOOKS
№ Face parts that expresses Strongly Feminine Feminine like Neutral Masculine like Masculine Strongly
facial motions feminine masculine
1 score 2 score 3 score 4 score 5 score 6 score 7 score

1 Forehead              
2 Face              
3 Eyes              
4 Nose              
5 Eyebrows              
6 Mouth              
7 Lips              
8 Teeth              
9 Chin              
10 Cheeks              
11 Head              
RESULTS
AVERAGE:
• FOREHEAD-3.9 (NEUTRAL)
• FACE-3.1 (FEMININE LIKE)
• EYES-2.4 (FEMININE)
• NOSE-4.1 (NEUTRAL)
• EYEBROWS-4.1 (NEUTRAL)
• MOUTH-2.7 (FEMININE LIKE)
• LIPS-2.1 (FEMININE)
• TEETH-2.9 (FEMININE LIKE)
• CHIN-4 (NEUTRAL)
• CHEEKS-3 (FEMININE LIKE)
• HEAD-4.2 (NEUTRAL)
RESULTS
WORDS RANKED FROM THE MOST FEMININE TO THE MOST MASCULINE
• LIPS-2.1
• EYES-2.4
• MOUTH-2.7
• TEETH-2.9
• CHEEKS-3
• FACE-3.1
• FOREHEAD-3.9
• CHIN-4
• EYEBROWS-4.1
• NOSE-4.1
• HEAD-4.2
REFERENCES

-Department of English Language and Culture, University of Groningen. Prototypes of

Gender. Groningen, Netherlands, 2002