Gendered morality / by Elena Antonucci.

Many studies have assessed how the gender of a person taking a moral dilemma measurement effects the way in which they respond. When using the moral reasoning framework of Kohlberg, results about potential differences in the ways males and females respond to moral dilemmas vary from test to test (Eagly et al., 2000; Barriga et al., 2001). However, when using Gilligan's Ethics of Care Interview (ECI), results about gender are much more consistent (McLeod-Sordjan, 2014). This study takes a new approach, looking at the gender of a character in a moral dilemma rather than the character of participant, and measuring how responses change. The ECI has a male and female version, in which wording differences exist to highlight gender expectations (Skoe, 2014). This study uses these two conditions as controls, and additionally utilizes two experimental conditions where the gender and pronouns in each moral dilemma are swapped. A series of t tests are then completed to search for significant differences in responses between conditions. No significant differences were found. This may be due to limitations related to the ECI.