Thematic maps facilitate spatial understanding of patterns and exceptions. Cognitive ability, spatial cognition, and emotional state are related, yet there is little research about map readers’ emotions. Feminist critiques of cartography recognize emotion and affect as legitimate experiences on par with quantitative ways of knowing. We conducted an online survey to measure users’ affective states before and after engaging with three thematic map types. The maps showed data from the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to achieve gender equality, on the proportion of girls and women aged 15 to 49 who have undergone female genital mutilation/cutting. Participants viewed a choropleth, a cartogram, and a repeating icon tile map; completed map‐related tasks; rated certain map qualities; rated their affective states before and after engaging with the maps; and answered open‐ended questions. The maps piqued curiosity and evoked emotions for most users, while some users perceived the thematic maps as clinical or neutral despite the sensitive topic. After viewing the maps, female participants who were affected expressed deeper engagement in their open‐ended comments than males. Traditionally, cartography construes the human experience as male experience and denies or trivializes women's experiences. Our findings corroborate feminist critiques of this disembodiment and entrenched rational rhetoric of maps.

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女权制图和联合国关于性别平等的可持续发展目标：对三个专题地图的情感回应

专题图有助于空间理解模式和例外。认知能力，空间认知和情感状态是相关的，但是关于地图读者情感的研究很少。女权主义对制图学的批判将情感和情感视为与定量的认知方式相当的合法经验。我们进行了一项在线调查，以测量用户使用三种专题地图类型前后的情感状态。这些地图显示了实现性别平等的联合国可持续发展目标的数据，其中包括15至49岁的女孩和女性残割/切割女性的比例。参加者查看了节流图，地图和重复的图标图块地图；完成与地图有关的任务；评定某些地图质量；在与地图互动之前和之后评估他们的情感状态；并回答了开放式问题。这些地图激起了大多数用户的好奇心并引起了他们的情绪，而尽管敏感的话题，一些用户仍将主题地图视为临床或中立的。在查看了地图之后，受影响的女性参与者在开放式评论中的参与度要高于男性。传统上，制图法将人类体验解释为男性体验，否认或轻视女性体验。我们的发现证实了女权主义者对地图的这种体现和根深蒂固的理性修辞的批评。与男性相比，受影响的女性参与者对开放式评论的参与度更高。传统上，制图法将人类体验解释为男性体验，否认或轻视女性体验。我们的发现证实了女权主义者对地图的这种体现和根深蒂固的理性修辞的批评。与男性相比，受影响的女性参与者对开放式评论的参与度更高。传统上，制图法将人类体验解释为男性体验，否认或轻视女性体验。我们的发现证实了女权主义者对地图的这种体现和根深蒂固的理性修辞的批评。。