Sex & Gender

Few areas in Psychology are evolving as quickly as Sex and Gender.  Three Intro Psych instructors join the podcast to discuss a wide range of topics including how best to keep up with a rapidly changing field, how to ensure all students feel included/represented, and how to break down the stigmas and prejudices that some students come into this chapter with.


Resources

The future of sex and gender in psychology: Five challenges to the gender binary by Janet Hyde, Rebecca Bigler, Daphna Joel, Charlotte Chucky Tate, Sari can Anders

The view that humans comprise only two types of beings, women and men, a framework that is sometimes referred to as the “gender binary,” played a profound role in shaping the history of psychological science. In recent years, serious challenges to the gender binary have arisen from both academic research and social activism. This review describes 5 sets of empirical findings, spanning multiple disciplines, that fundamentally undermine the gender binary.  2018

In class survey tool: Poll Everywhere

DOCUMENTARY - Gender: The Space Between – CBS News Originals explores the intricate world of gender, beyond him and her (March 27, 2017)

Chapters

• 1:25 Goals when teaching Sex and Gender
• 7:43 Challenges from a student perspective in Sex & Gender
• 12:45 Challenges from the instructor perspective
• 19:35 Where do you teach sex and gender content?
• 29:00 How are you starting/using lecture time on Sex and Gender?