College students' perceptions of sexual orientation and gender given job descriptions and titles for interior decoration, interior design, and architecture.
To examine perceptions of design professionals, this study was designed to examine possible gender-bias based on job title and description and whether there is a relationship between the two perceptions. A respondent's sex was significantly related to perceptions of a design professional's sex. Both respondents' sex and the perceived sex of the design professional had significant effects on the perceived sexual orientation of the design professionals. Furthermore, the results also indicated that if the design professional was perceived to be male, there was a higher tendency that he would be perceived as homosexual, especially by a male respondent.
Wood-Nartker
B Jeanneane
BJ
B. Jeanneane Wood-Nartker, Central Michigan University, Wightman 205, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859, USA.
Sepanski
Jungsywan
J
McCrady
Joe
J
Gligor
Andreea
A
D001108:Architecture / Q000145:classification*; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006716:Homosexuality / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000145:classification*; D007587:Job Description; D008297:Male; D012737:Sex Factors; D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012938:Social Perception; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires