Sex and gender essentialism in textbooks

Science. 2024 Feb 23;383(6685):822-825. doi: 10.1126/science.adi1188. Epub 2024 Feb 22.

Authors

Brian M Donovan¹, Awais Syed¹, Sophie H Arnold², Dennis Lee¹, Monica Weindling¹, Molly A M Stuhlsatz¹, Catherine Riegle-Crumb³, Andrei Cimpian²

Affiliations

¹ BSCS Science Learning, Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
² Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA.

PMID: 38386730
DOI: 10.1126/science.adi1188

Abstract

Several widely used high school biology texts depart from established science.

MeSH terms

Biology* / education
Humans
Sex*
Sexism
Stereotyping*
United States