How Many Sexes, How Many Genders? And What Does This Imply for (Social) Scientists?
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| Title: | How Many Sexes, How Many Genders? And What Does This Imply for (Social) Scientists? |
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| Authors: | Klysing, Amanda, Steffens, Melanie |
| Contributors: | Lund University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, Lunds universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar, Institutionen för psykologi, Originator |
| Source: | Archives of Sexual Behavior. :1-7 |
| Subject Terms: | Social Sciences, Psychology, Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology), Samhällsvetenskap, Psykologi, Psykologi (exklusive tillämpad psykologi) |
| Description: | In some ways, it can feel like conducting empirical research has become more and more difficult. Some standards that were widely agreed upon in the past for conducting research on gender and/or sex appear to be contested today (see Fraser, 2018). Some questions that may feel uncontroversial to ask for some research participants are a source of minority stress, exclusion, and outrage for others. Can you, as a researcher, even ask for what you think is basic demographic information without revealing certain attitudes and risking to step on someone’s toes? The short response is: Probably not. This short response requires some explanations about what makes gender, sex, and sexuality so intimately intwined, and why it is such a contested topic. And importantly: How can we as social scientists navigate this contested field in an informed and purposeful way? |
| Access URL: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03191-6 |
| Database: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | In some ways, it can feel like conducting empirical research has become more and more difficult. Some standards that were widely agreed upon in the past for conducting research on gender and/or sex appear to be contested today (see Fraser, 2018). Some questions that may feel uncontroversial to ask for some research participants are a source of minority stress, exclusion, and outrage for others. Can you, as a researcher, even ask for what you think is basic demographic information without revealing certain attitudes and risking to step on someone’s toes? The short response is: Probably not. This short response requires some explanations about what makes gender, sex, and sexuality so intimately intwined, and why it is such a contested topic. And importantly: How can we as social scientists navigate this contested field in an informed and purposeful way? |
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| ISSN: | 00040002 15732800 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10508-025-03191-6 |