This article presents a brief analysis of the methodological problems and violations of ethics associated with the COVID-19 era and the transformation of science. The focus is on the transformation of the principle of open science from a local to mass phenomenon. The public exposure of the research has highlighted some methodological problems having unfavorable impact on the healthcare service. The author discusses ethical problems, macro- and microethics, adherence to universal values and personal interests.
The study presents the history of asexuality a sequence of epochs conditioned by the control, regulation of non-normative practices and gender order. The author examines asexuality in the context of pathologization and normalization, which resemble the history of homo- and bisexuality. The result of the pathologization of asexuality was the construction of identity as a basis that deprives doctors of the right to pathologize it.
Background. Historically, the status of transgender identity in the classifi cation of mental disorders is ambiguous and is conditioned by sociocultural factors that infl uence its perception. Recently, it has been seen as a variation of the norm, which is not a psychopathology, but is stigmatized. A refl ection of the reconsidering of transgender identity was the development of ICD-11, the application of which requires research. . Objective of the research is to study diff erences in the experience of distress associated with body image and gender identity. Sample. Th e study included 256 respondents (119 with a masculine identity, 61 with a feminine identity, and 76 with a nonbinary identity). Age 21,6±6,4 years, range — 12–56 years. Th e sample is geographically, economically and ethnically diverse. Methods. To study the contribution of socio-demographic characteristics to the experience of distress was explored using the χ2 test with a signifi cance level of p ≤ 0.05. Th e use of qualitative analysis of content made it possible to highlight the key problems they faced. Results. Many socio-demographic characteristics are associated with experienced distress, which is not specifi c. It is associated both with the bodily structures that determine it and with discrimination that aff ects the respondents. Most of the respondents faced micro-aggression (insults, incorrect use of pronouns), physical and psychological violence. To minimize distress, the respondents resorted to practices consistent with their gender identity and to wearing appropriate clothing. Conclusion. Experience of distress among carriers of macro- and micro-identities has been studied. Th e results of the study will be practical in clinical-psychological practice where transgender and nonbinary identities are oft en pathologized.
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