Prostitution Research in Norway: Neo-liberal Discourses?

Sex and gender approaches in environmental health research: two exemplary case studies of the German environment agency

“…These two, and many other case studies (Korsvik and Rustad 2018) demonstrate the usefulness and necessity to pay attention to sex and gender (in a multidimensional fashion), since it strengthens the data bases, renders interpretations more precise and results in more excellence in research. But the integration of sex/gender perspectives suffers a paradoxical mandate: on the one hand, it is essentially a critique of gaps in the knowledge production by pointing out the limitations of believing in gender-neutral scientific truth , while demanding the inclusion of sex/gender and avoidance of (erroneous) gender-binary assumptions, and at the same time taking intersectionality into account as well.…”

“…The way in which sex and gender are conceptualized at the UBA parallels academic discussions that attest to and ascribe biological, physiological and anatomical sex differences to men and women (with regards to chromosomes, genes, hormone levels, reproductive organs, brain structure, muscle mass, metabolism etc.) and describe gender as ‘socially and culturally constructed norms, values and expectations related to men or women, boys or girls’ (Korsvik and Rustad 2018, 8). Applying a gender perspective also brings into focus differently gendered attitudes and behaviours, and along these lines the construction of bi-gendered roles.…”