Sex and gender essentialism in textbooks.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Donovan, Brian M.; Syed, Awais; Arnold, Sophie H.; Lee, Dennis; Weindling, Monica; Stuhlsatz, Molly A. M.; Riegle-Crumb, Catherine; Cimpian, Andrei
- Source
- Science. 2/23/2024, Vol. 383 Issue 6685, p822-825. 4p. 1 Chart.
- Subject
- *GENDER
*GENDER essentialism
*PSYCHOLOGICAL essentialism
*TEXTBOOKS
*SCIENTIFIC knowledge
- Language
- ISSN
- 0036-8075
The article offers information on the development of essentialist views about sex and gender and how high school biology textbooks may influence these views. Topics include the essentialist assumptions about sex and gender; the interaction between conceptual biases and sociocultural input in the development of essentialism; and the need for biology textbooks to accurately reflect scientific knowledge about sex and gender.