Challenging Misconceptions: Exploring Sex and Gender Differences in Health and Science
Delve into the debunking of biologically based myths regarding transgender individuals and the ongoing discussions on sex and gender distinctions in medical research. Explore diverse perspectives on how sex influences health outcomes and disease predispositions.
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American Civil Liberties Union calls biologically based beliefs myths. Beliefs such as transgender girls having physical advantages have been debunked no longer set hormone ranges, body parts or chromosomes that indicate male or female.
Nerosexism Nerosexism Nature journal then ran this headline: Neurosexism: the myth that men and women have different brains: the hunt for male and female distinctions inside the skull is a lesson in bad research practice
New England Journal of Medicine world s most prestigious medical journal recently published: Failed Assignments: Rethinking Sex Designations on Birth Certificates indicating that sexual designations on birth certificates offer no clinical advantage; serving only legal, not medical goals
American Association for the Advancement of Science American Association for the Advancement of Science A few days after Nature reviews article: Researchers discover clues to brain differences between males and females 2019 Archive - UMSOM Researchers Discover Clues to Brain Differences Between Males and Females | University of Maryland School of Medicine (umaryland.edu) (clues are not evidence we need reliable, validated and replicated studies) THEN a new editorial in Lancet Neurology came out Sex and Gender: Modifiers of Health, Disease, and Medicine
Authors of Sex and Gender The combination of all genetic and hormonal causes of sex differences yield two different biological systems in men &women This translates into differences in disease predisposition, manifestation, and response to treatment Therefore, sex is an important modifier of physiology and disease via genetic, epigenetic, and hormonal regulations.
2001 National Academy of Sciences Being male or female is an important basic human variable that affects health and illness throughout the life span. Differences in health and illness are influenced by individual genetic and physiological constitutions, as well as by an individual s interaction with environmental and experiential factors
The The between the sexes & may be related to differences in exposures routes of entry and the processing of a foreign agent, & cellular responses. The incidence and severity of diseases incidence and severity of diseases Therefore, sex should be considered when designing & analyzing studies in all areas and at all levels of biomedical and health-related research.
The Sex and Gender review detailed afflictions with sexually distinct patterns that have been investigated during the intervening two decades including Alzheimer s disease, diabetes, influenza, pneumonia, chronic kidney and liver diseases, depression and suicide, and COVID-19
Lack of appreciation of biology efforts to bring sex and gender into the mainstream of modern medical research, practice, and education are urgently needed, as the lack of appreciation for sex and gender differences harms both women and men
Social media distills false information The article on Neurosexism went viral, showed up in eight news outlets, five blogs, 6,543 tweets, 70 facebook pages Wikipedia, Reddit and three video sites.
Social media ignores scientific fact Scientific fact barely receives any media notice Historically scientific journalists and publishers would work together within a professional environment where methodology & biases were reviewed & challenged by other experts in their respective fields not by the media
