Gender Bias in Human Anatomy Textbook Illustrations

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12005262
AutoresMita Giacomini (University of California, Davis, autor correspondente), Patricia Rozée-Koker (Vanderbilt University), Fran Pepitone-Arreola-Rockwell
Ano1986
Volume10
Fascículo4
Páginas413-420
Data de publicação1986-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoPsychology of Women Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0361-6843 • E-ISSN: 1471-6402
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1111/j.1471-6402.1986.tb00765.x
OpenAlexW2110489130
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas8

The hypothesis that female and male bodies are equally represented in human anatomy text illustrations was tested to determine whether medical students are shown both females and males as possessing equally important and normal bodies in medical school instructional material. All anatomy texts currently in use in a major western medical school (N = 8) were surveyed. In text sections dealing with standard (non-gender-specific) anatomy, male subjects were shown in 64% of the illustrations in which gender was discernable, females were shown in 11%, and gender-neutral or equal representations were shown in 25%. Females and males were found to be represented approximately equally in chapters on urogenital (gender-specific) anatomy (45% female, 48% male, 7% neutral or equal representation). The implications of these findings for the perpetuation of sexist attitudes in the medical profession are discussed

Gender bias · Human anatomy · Medical education · Medical school · Representation (politics · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies in Language · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Anatomy