Abstract:
Dynamic engineering models have yet to be evaluated in the context offeminist engineering ethics. Decision-making concerning gender in dynamicmodeling design is a gender and ethical issue that is important to addressregardless of the system in which the dynamic modeling is applied. There aremany dynamic modeling tools that operationally include the femalepopulation, however, there is an important distinction between females andwomen; it is the difference between biological sex and the social construct ofgender, which is fluid and changes over time and geography. The ethicaloversight in failing to represent or misrepresenting gender in model designwhen it is relevant to the model purpose can have implications for modelvalidity and policy model development. This paper highlights this gender issuein the context of feminist engineering ethics using a dynamic populationmodel. Women are often represented in this type of model only in theirbiological capacity, while lacking their gender identity. This illustrative examplealso highlights how language, including the naming of variables andcommunication with decision-makers, plays a role in this gender issue.
Key Words: Applied feminist engineering ethics Gender
Population modeling Policy Unintended consequences
来源：https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11948-017-9923-1
First Online:23 May 2017
