A hundred years of debates on sex differences
Developing research for social change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13058971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gabrielle Poeschl (0000-0001-6621-064X, Universidade do Porto, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 221-235 |
| Publication date | 2021-06-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social and Political Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2195-3325 • E-ISSN: 2195-3325 |
| Publisher | PsychOpen (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.5964/jspp.6399 |
| OpenAlex | W3153894003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 77 |
After women secured the right to vote some hundred years ago, the assertions about their innate inferiority gradually began to vanish, giving way to theories about the countless aspects which apparently differentiated them from men. In this paper, we follow the evolution of research on sex differences, starting with the work of the first female psychologists who questioned the theories that justified women’s subordinate positions in society. We trace the main developments of the studies on sex differences, their relationship with social roles, gender stereotypes, and gender identity, and describe the strategies used to highlight the role of society rather than of biology in shaping men and women’s personalities and behaviors. We describe the controversies this area of research gave rise to, the debates over its political implications, and the changes observed over time in women’s social positions and within research perspectives. Finally, we discuss the mutually reinforcing effects of social organization and lay conceptions of gender and reflect on how the field of research on sex differences has contributed to building a fairer society
Field (mathematics · Identity (music · Personality · Personality psychology · Political science · Politics · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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Sexual Strategies Theory
The gender similarities hypothesis.
Interaction process analysis
The social construction of reality
Family
The measurement of psychological androgyny
Bias in the assessment of gender differences
Placing women in the history of psychology
Magnitude of psychological gender differences
From individual differences to social categories
The disappearance of cognitive gender differences
Politics or science? The question of gender sameness/difference
On the advantages of reporting sex comparisons
The science and politics of comparing women and men
Gender and aggressive behavior
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A Review of the Recent Literature on the Psychology of Sex
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The sex/gender perplex
Narrative Accounts of Origins
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A Brief History of the Association for Women in Psychology
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Distinguishing Between Sex and Gender
Sex roles and nonverbal communication skills
Masculine and Feminine Traits on the Bem Sex-Role Inventory, 1993–2012
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Body politics
Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans
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The meaning of difference
Intersectionality and research in psychology
The Inexorable Rise of Gender and the Decline of Sex
Gender
Functionalism, Darwinism, and the psychology of women
Age and Sex in the Social Structure of the United States
The psychology of sex
Contextualizing Feminism - Gender, Ethnic and Class Divisions
Men and things, women and people
Sex of researchers and sex-typed communications as determinants of sex differences in influenceability
Sex differences and similarities in job attribute preferences
Cross-national patterns of gender differences in mathematics
Masculinity-femininity
Gender's nature
The Concept of Intersectionality in Feminist Theory
Sociologie de la famille et du mariage
Maternal Gatekeeping
The Missing Feminist Revolution in Sociology
Indulging Our Gendered Selves? Sex Segregation by Field of Study in 44 Countries
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |