Questions tagged [gender]
For questions relating to biological and social characterizations of gender and attributable differences in behavior and psychological processes based on these constructs.
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Are traditional masculinity norms optimal in terms of mating preferences?
Are traditional masculinity norms optimal in terms of mating preferences?
In other words, do women prefer men who exhibit those traditional gender norms of masculinity?
Traditional gender norms of ...
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Phases of Brain Development and Gender Identity
What stages of brain development are represented by sexual differentiation and linked to prenatal development of gender identity?
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Do transgender people have a heightened awareness of gender identity compared to cisgender people?
In my interactions with anti-trans people, I've noticed that many of them deny the existence of gender identity (including their own I would assume). As a cis man, I must admit that I am not really ...
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Intervention for gender dysphoria: Challenge the patient’s idea of gender roles and expectations?
According to the DSM-5, gender dysphoria is
a marked incongruence between one’s experienced/expressed gender and assigned
gender.
This might be something which arises out of the patient’s perception ...
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Does the concept of internalized math stereotype provide an explanatory advantage?
The gender equality paradox is the paradoxical observation that in more egalitarian societies gender differences maximize.
This paper makes the following claims:
A common explanation put forward in ...
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How much bigger is sex drive in men than in women?
There are several studies that determine that sex drive in men is bigger than in women (which, anyway, is something that almost anyone can conclude by observing).
Here are some web pages examining ...
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Is there any evidence of a biologically predetermined, gendered psyche? [duplicate]
I am trying to understand if gender is a concept that gets reinforced through experience in the human conceptual system, a socially constructed composite of memories and experiences associated with ...
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When/how are suicide attempts reported?
There is something called the "gender paradox" which relates to differences in suicide attempt and suicide death rates between genders.
A very important piece of information I've been ...
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Transgenderism and personality
Has any research been conducted to study how individuals may vary on personality inventories, for example, the Big Five, based on whether they are cisgender versus transgender?
Broadly, inquiry may ...
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OCD or transgender? Or mix of them?
I had to study over recent years on layman level, whether OCD in general vs "transgender self-perception" (clinical definition of gender dysphoria?) are separate phenomena or they overlap.
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Why does Cross-sex hormone therapy have an opposite effect on cortical thickness?
In a recent lecture I was informed that cross-sex hormone therapy increases the cortical thickness in FtMs, but decreases CTh in MtFs. Why does this happen when studies find females have increased ...
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What is the current neuroscience perspective on the gender-equality paradox?
According to Wikipedia, the gender-equality paradox is the finding that various gender differences in personality and occupational choice are larger in more gender-equal countries.
When looking for ...
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gender related activism scale
I'm looking for a self-report measure that assesses involvement and interest in activism that centers around gender equity, including (but not limited to) topics like gender equality, segregation and ...
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Gender stereotypes
Guys i am new in gender studies, but somethings is really puzzeling to me. In Gender, nature, and Nurture from Richard A. Lippa there are comment about role of gender stereotypes in making "...
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Psychometric scales of gender
I have never read any study that has used a psychometric scale to find out the respondent's gender identity, sexual orientation or both. This makes me wonder if there are such scales or not, or if ...
