Sex and Gender : Understanding Entanglement, Transforming Practice / edited by L. Zachary DuBois, Anelis Kaiser Trujillo, Margaret M. McCarthy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

DuBois, L. Zachary., Editor.

Kaiser Trujillo, Anelis., Editor.

McCarthy, Margaret M., Editor.

Series:

Strüngmann Forum Reports, 3059-3794

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurophysiology.

Neurons.

Psychobiology.

Human behavior.

Physical anthropology.

Sex.

Clinical psychology.

Epidemiology.

Cellular Neuroscience.

Behavioral Neuroscience.

Physical-Biological Anthropology.

Gender Studies.

Clinical Psychology.

Local Subjects:

Cellular Neuroscience.

Behavioral Neuroscience.

Physical-Biological Anthropology.

Gender Studies.

Clinical Psychology.

Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XIV, 362 p.).

Edition:

2nd ed. 2026.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer Nature Switzerland : Imprint: Springer, 2026.

Summary:

In 2023, scholars from wide-ranging disciplines gathered at the 36th Ernst Strüngmann Forum to advance understandings of gender and sex and their entanglement. Although these interdisciplinary discussions revealed no single approach to the conceptualization or operationalization of sex/gender entanglement, they did uncover a high degree of convergence. Driving this project was the pressing need for constructive, interdisciplinary dialogue, as clearly articulated arguments grounded in rigorous, principled scholarship are required to promote sound application in research, policy, medicine, and public health. At the Forum, open debate is a given — but science does not operate in isolation from the political and social forces around it. This became starkly evident in 2025, when newly instituted policy interventions and measures impacted research and knowledge production in many areas of science, interfering not only with the first edition of this volume but, more broadly, affecting the lives of many individuals. The second edition of this open access book seeks to redirect attention back to sound science. Together with updates throughout and a restored chapter on brain transcriptomics, this edition advances rigorous, interdisciplinary scholarship on sex/gender entanglement and illuminates viable paths forward.

Contents:

1. Sex and Gender and Their Entanglement: Toward Transforming Scientific Practice. L. Zachary DuBois, Stacey A. Ritz, Margaret M. McCarthy, and Anelis Kaiser Trujillo

2. Entanglement of Gender/Sex Dynamics in Basic and Developmental Systems Biology. Colin J. Saldanha, Gillian R. Bentley, Charlotte A. Cornil, Geert J. de Vries, Holly Dunsworth, Margaret M. McCarthy, Armin Raznaha, Rebecca M. Shansky, Lynnette Leidy Sievert, and Catherine S. Woolley

3. Integrating Sex and Gender into Transcriptomics of the Brain. Margaret M. McCarthy and Armin Raznahan

4. How Do Sex Differences in the Brain Help Our Understanding of Sex and Gender in Humans? Geert J. de Vries

5. How Can Gender/Sex Entanglement Inform Our Understanding of Human Evolutionary Biology? Holly Dunsworth and Libby Ware

6. Operationalization, Measurement, and Interpretation of Sex/Gender: Transcending Binaries and Accounting for Context and Entanglement. Stacey A. Ritz, Greta Bauer, Dorte M. Christiansen, Annie Duchesne, Anelis Kaiser Trujillo, and Donna L. Maney

7. Gender and Sex Entanglement in Neuroscience: A Neurofeminist Perspective. Annie Duchesne

8. Intersectionality, Sex/Gender Entanglement, and Research Design. Greta Bauer

9. Gender/Sex Dynamics in Human Biomedical and Clinical Research. Robert-Paul Juster, Lisa Bowleg, Lucía Ciccia, Joshua B. Rubin, Carla Sanchis-Segura, Susann Schweiger, Eric Vilain, and Tonia Poteat

10. The Impossible Task of Disentangling Gender/Sex from Racialized and Other Marginalized and Oppressed Intersections: A Structural Intersectionality Approach to Health Inequities. Lisa Bowleg, Arianne N. Malekzadeh, and Katarina E. AuBuchon

11. Sex and Gender Should Be Considered Continuous Variables in Cancer Research. Wei Yang, Jason Wong, and Joshua B. Rubin

12. Gender, Sex, and Gender/Sex Entanglement in Transgender Health Equity Research. Tonia Poteat and Lu Ciccia

13. Gender, Sex, and Their Entanglement: From Scientific Research to Policy and Practice. Alexandra Brewis, Paisley Currah, L. Zachary DuBois, Lorraine Greaves, Katharina Hoppe, Katrina Karkazis, Madeleine Pape, Paula-Irene Villa, Amber Wutich

14. SABV Research Policies: From Distinctions to Entanglements. Madeleine Pape

15. How Could a Gender Transformative Lens Foster the Integration of Sex/Gender into More Equitable Policy and Practice? Lorraine Greaves

16. Sex as a State Effect. Paisley Currah.

Notes:

Print version record.

ISBN:

9783032402189