Language for Sex and Gender Inclusiveness in Writing

Bamberger, Ethan T.; Farrow, Aiden

doi:10.1177/0890334421994541

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“…In terms of language used to refer to pregnant people, (cis-)woman-centric language essentially erases the existence of other pregnant people. 24,26 Accordingly, with 98.8% of publications using (cis-)woman-centric language (see results above), health research on pregnancy inadvertently reinforces cisnormative and binary models of gender, in turn reinforcing inequity and erasure of gender-diverse people. [26][27][28] The terms we use necessarily entail an act of selection.…”

Section: Erasurementioning

confidence: 98%

“…24,26 Accordingly, with 98.8% of publications using (cis-)woman-centric language (see results above), health research on pregnancy inadvertently reinforces cisnormative and binary models of gender, in turn reinforcing inequity and erasure of gender-diverse people. [26][27][28] The terms we use necessarily entail an act of selection. Scholars of science, language and culture have suggested that any kind of term is a selection of reality and therefore a deflection of reality, with some things being made salient and others being marginalized by the terms we choose.…”

Section: Erasurementioning

confidence: 98%

“…First and foremost, it can make scientific writing inaccurate or imprecise. 26,34 Scientific language needs to be clear about the phenomena being studied. Our review showed that most studies use (cis-)woman-centric language without any mention of gender.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…While this may seem strange to some due to the current cisnormativity of the field, a good rule of thumb is to report cisgender modality and identity in the same manner that other gender identities and modalities would be reported. 26 Accordingly, reporting the gender of a sample in that manner would be equivalent to reporting that a sample consisting of gender-diverse people (e.g., equivalent to "In a sample of pregnant transgender men, a study found that…").…”

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confidence: 99%

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Gender-inclusive writing for epidemiological research on pregnancy

Rioux¹,

Weedon²,

London-Nadeau³

et al. 2021

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Individuals who have a uterus but are not cisgender women may carry pregnancies; however, academic language around pregnancy remains largely (cis-)woman-centric. There is a dearth of data on the use of (cis-)woman-centric and gender-inclusive language alternatives in research on pregnancy. Furthermore, while the need to include trans, non-binary and gender-diverse people in all steps of the research process has been discussed in the recent scientific literature, there remains a lack of awareness in the field that all research on pregnancy can contribute to inclusiveness through language and terminology. Accordingly, we first review the recent literature to examine the state of gendered language in pregnancy-related research. Second, we discuss why gender-inclusive language should be seen as essential in pregnancy-related research. Third, we provide guidance for gender-inclusive language practices in future research on pregnancy. We reviewed 500 randomly selected publications from a search for the MeSH-major topic “pregnancy” in PubMed with a restriction for publications from the last year on July 23, 2021, human research, and the English language. This review of recent literature showed that 98.8% of publications used (cis-)woman-centric language and 1.2% used gender-inclusive language. We explain how this ubiquitous use of (cis-)woman-centric language contributes to (1) the erasure of gender diversity and (2) inaccurate scientific communication, and (3) has a societal impact, for example by being picked up by students, practitioners, clinicians, policymakers, and the media. We follow with recommendations for gender-inclusive language in every section (i.e., introductions, methods, results, discussions) of research articles on pregnancy. The erasure of gender-diverse people in the rhetoric of research about pregnant people can be addressed immediately, including in the dissemination of results from ongoing studies that did not take gender into consideration in the design phase. This makes gender-inclusive language a crucial first step towards the inclusion of gender-diverse people in health research more globally.

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Section: Erasurementioning

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Gender-inclusive writing for epidemiological research on pregnancy

Rioux¹,

Weedon²,

London-Nadeau³

et al. 2021

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“…This means that we must examine the assumptions upon which these organizations and processes are built. Similar to the in-process reckoning surrounding racial discrimination and inequities within our healthcare and other social structures, we must first become aware of discrimination and inequities based on gender, sex, and normative assumptions about family structure (Bamberger & Farrow, 2021), then find ways to address them. We, as a global community, are just beginning to understand the depth of these issues.…”

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Sex and Gender Inclusiveness in Lactation Research

Dodgson¹,

Bamberger

2021

J Hum Lact

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Integrating genealogy and dental variation: contributions to biological anthropology

Paul

Feezell

Hughes

et al. 2022

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

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Genealogical samples that couple dental data and documented relatedness information provide unique opportunities to examine the biological foundations of tooth variation. Over the past century, these resources have been critical for examining the various factors that influence dental phenotypes-the same traits that anthropologists regularly apply to reconstructions of past phenomena. Genealogical samples are uniquely suited to test long-standing assumptions underlying bioanthropological practice, for example, biodistance and phylogenetic analysis, which commonly reference aspects of tooth size and form as proxies for latent genetic information. This article provides an overview of published genealogical research, with a focus on the practical implications of quantitative genetic and environmental studies of (non)human primate dentitions. To highlight the utility of genealogical samples for understanding the influence of specific non-genetic factors on dental characters, we also present novel data on gestational hormone effects in opposite-sex dizygotic twin pairs as a test of the twin testosterone transfer (TTT) hypothesis. This article discusses fruitful next steps in genealogical dental research, as well as important ethical considerations surrounding the use of associated datasets, which are sensitive in nature. As we forge ahead in an age of phenomics, genealogical samples are likely to play a key role in generating comprehensive genotype-phenotype maps of the dentition and in refining bioanthropological methods.

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Language for Sex and Gender Inclusiveness in Writing

Cited by 29 publications

References 20 publications

Gender-inclusive writing for epidemiological research on pregnancy

Gender-inclusive writing for epidemiological research on pregnancy

Sex and Gender Inclusiveness in Lactation Research

Integrating genealogy and dental variation: contributions to biological anthropology

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