Encore Episode: Gender Essentialism
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What Is Scientific Sexism?
A 2018 plus one paper found a strong correlation between believing in gender essentialism on the one hand and opposing gender equality. The researchers write gender essentialist thinking is associated with support for discrimination and inequality. So basically, you know, maybe not surprisingly, when you prop up these stereotypes about how Dr. Janice Lester can never be a Starship captain, people might come away thinking that women shouldn't be Captain America.
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