Gender essentialism is the belief that a person, thing, or particular trait is inherently and permanently male and masculine or female and feminine. In other words, it considers biological sex the ...

The textbooks used in about 66% of U.S. classrooms teach outdated ideas about the differences between sex and gender, a new study published in the journal Science from the American Association for the ...

After analyzing six of the most widely used high school biology textbooks in the United States, researchers report these texts depart from established scientific knowledge about sex and gender, ...

A social category is a collection of people who share an important characteristic—Canadians, evangelical Christians, Olympic medalists, college graduates, gun owners, guitar players. You get the ...

Gender essentialism came from Plato’s philosophy of essentialism. In it, he posited that every person, place, or thing has an essence that’s fixed and makes it what it is. Gender essentialism suggests ...