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Defending the Sex/G...
Defending the Sex/Gender Binary : The Role of Gender Identification and Need for Closure
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- Morgenroth, Thekla (author)
- University of Exeter
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- Gustafsson Sendén, Marie (author)
- Stockholm University,Stockholms universitet,Personlighets-, social- och utvecklingspsykologi
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- Lindqvist, Anna (author)
- Stockholm University,Lunds universitet,Stockholms universitet,Kognitiv psykologi,Lund University, Sweden,Institutionen för psykologi,Samhällsvetenskapliga institutioner och centrumbildningar,Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten,Department of Psychology,Departments of Administrative, Economic and Social Sciences,Faculty of Social Sciences
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- Renström, E. A. (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,University of Gothenburg,Psykologiska institutionen,Department of Psychology
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- Ryan, M. K. (author)
- University of Groningen,University of Exeter
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- Morton, T. A. (author)
- University of Copenhagen
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- 2020-07-16
- 2021
- English.
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In: Social Psychology and Personality Science. - : SAGE Publications. - 1948-5506 .- 1948-5514. ; 12:5, s. 731-740
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Abstract
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- In the Western world, gender/sex is traditionally viewed as binary, with people falling into one of two categories: male or female. This view of gender/sex has started to change, triggering some resistance. This research investigates psychological mechanisms underlying that resistance. Study 1 (N= 489, UK) explored the role of individual gender identification in defense of, and attempts to reinforce, the gender/sex binary. Study 2 (N= 415, Sweden) further considered the role of individual differences in need for closure. Both gender identification and need for closure were associated with binary views of gender/sex, prejudice against nonbinary people, and opposition to the use of gender-neutral pronouns. Policies that aim to abolish gender/sex categories, but not policies that advocate for a third gender/sex category, were seen as particularly unfair among people high in gender identification. These findings are an important step in understanding the psychology of resistance to change around binary systems of gender/sex.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Genusstudier (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Gender Studies (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- gender binary
- gender
- sex binary
- nonbinary
- gender identification
- need for closure
- Psychology
- psykologi
- gender binary
- gender identification
- gender/sex binary
- need for closure
- nonbinary
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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