Value frames in discourse supporting transgender athlete bans

IF 2.4 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Discourse & Society Pub Date : 2023-07-26 DOI:10.1177/09579265231187058
Kimberly Martin, Elizabeth P. Rahilly
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American states began passing legislation that would ban transgender girls from competing on sports teams that match their gender identity in 2020. During legislative debate, supporters of transgender athlete bans adopted rhetoric that framed their arguments in terms of commonly held values. ‘Value frames’ establish connections between people and spoken values and have a powerful effect on the way that opinions about public policy are formed. We conduct a discourse analysis of video and audio footage from committee testimony and chamber debate from 18 US states to identify the major discursive themes used by the bans’ supporters. Themes include gender simplicity, male advantage, protecting women and preventing change. Our discussion and analysis connects these themes to long-standing value frames used by political elites, namely tradition, fairness and equal opportunity. The conclusion addresses the implications of this discourse for shaping the public’s understanding of sex and gender.
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支持跨性别运动员禁令的话语中的价值框架
美国各州开始通过立法,禁止跨性别女孩在2020年参加与她们性别认同相符的运动队。在立法辩论中,支持禁止跨性别运动员的人采用了用普遍价值观来框定自己论点的措辞。“价值框架”在人们和口头价值观之间建立了联系,并对公共政策意见的形成方式产生了强大的影响。我们对来自美国18个州的委员会证词和议院辩论的视频和音频片段进行了话语分析,以确定禁令支持者使用的主要话语主题。主题包括性别简单、男性优势、保护女性和防止变化。我们的讨论和分析将这些主题与政治精英长期使用的价值框架联系起来,即传统、公平和平等机会。结论论述了这一论述对塑造公众对性和性别的理解的影响。
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期刊介绍: Discourse & Society is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal whose major aim is to publish outstanding research at the boundaries of discourse analysis and the social sciences. It focuses on explicit theory formation and analysis of the relationships between the structures of text, talk, language use, verbal interaction or communication, on the one hand, and societal, political or cultural micro- and macrostructures and cognitive social representations, on the other hand. That is, D&S studies society through discourse and discourse through an analysis of its socio-political and cultural functions or implications. Its contributions are based on advanced theory formation and methodologies of several disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.
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