Despite gender being central to any given social issue and the profession of social work's commitment to social justice, gender and gender inequality remain tangential to mainstream social work goals as partially indicated by the Grand Challenges for Social Work initiative led by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare. Feminist methodologists prioritize the investigation of gender inequality by elevating the voices of oppressed groups, particularly women, using qualitative and mixed-methods studies, focusing on structural social change, and emphasizing the need for intersectional inquiry. Feminist and other critical methodologies frame structural inequality as central to the examination of all social issues and research questions. This study investigates the extent to which gender and gender inequality are investigated in mainstream social work research. Specifically, drawing on 404 research articles from three mainstream social work journals, this research relies on content analysis to demonstrate the dearth of studies examining gender and gender inequality in mainstream social work research. This work also presents opportunities for social workers to position gender as central to understanding persisting structural inequalities of the 21st century and work toward a more equitable social order.

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将性别主流化：社会工作研究中女性主义方法论的检验

尽管性别对于任何特定社会问题和社会工作专业对社会正义的承诺都至关重要，但正如美国社会工作学会领导的“社会工作大挑战”倡议所部分表明的那样，性别和性别不平等仍然与主流社会工作目标无关和社会福利。女权主义方法论通过提升受压迫群体（尤其是女性）的声音，使用定性和混合方法研究，关注结构性社会变化，并强调交叉调查的必要性，将性别不平等的调查放在首位。女权主义和其他批判性方法将结构性不平等视为审查所有社会问题和研究问题的核心。本研究调查了主流社会工作研究中对性别和性别不平等的调查程度。具体而言，本研究借鉴了来自三个主流社会工作期刊的 404 篇研究文章，依靠内容分析来证明主流社会工作研究中缺乏对性别和性别不平等的研究。这项工作还为社会工作者提供了机会，将性别定位为理解 21 世纪持续存在的结构性不平等并努力实现更公平的社会秩序的核心。