Gender-Equitable Men Scale
The Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Scale is a 24-item self-report instrument developed by Julie Pulerwitz and Gary Barker in 2008 to measure attitudes toward gender norms, particularly among men. Created and first validated with young men in Brazil through the Instituto Promundo programme, it covers norms around sexual and reproductive health, sexual relationships, violence, domestic work and child care, and homophobia, and has become a leading tool for evaluating gender-transformative health and violence-prevention interventions worldwide.
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- Pulerwitz, J., & Barker, G. (2008). Measuring attitudes toward gender norms among young men in Brazil: Development and psychometric evaluation of the GEM Scale. Men and Masculinities, 10(3), 322–338. DOI: 10.1177/1097184X06298778 ↗
- Nanda, G. (2011). Compendium of Gender Scales. FHI 360 / C-Change, Washington, DC. link ↗
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ScholarGate. (2026, June 22). Gender-Equitable Men (GEM) Scale. ScholarGate. https://scholargate.app/en/gender-studies/gender-equitable-men-scale
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