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Biological essentialism is a deeply flawed concept wherein attributes of a person are deterimined at birth according to assigned sex.

• Nature - Potential Reporting Bias in Neuroimaging Studies of Sex Differences (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-23976-1) - David, S.P., Naudet, F., Laude, J. et al. Potential Reporting Bias in Neuroimaging Studies of Sex Differences. Sci Rep 8, 6082 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-23976-1


• The Conversation: Lise Eliot: 04/22/2021: You don’t have a male or female brain – the more brains scientists study, the weaker the evidence for sex differences (https://theconversation.com/you-dont-have-a-male-or-female-brain-the-more-brains-scientists-study-the-weaker-the-evidence-for-sex-differences-158005)

• By Common Consent: Hawkgrrrl: 07/25/2017: If Gender is Essential, Why Are We Pushing It? (https://bycommonconsent.com/2017/07/25/if-gender-is-essential-why-are-we-pushing-it/) - I have often said that the gender roles described in the Proclamation are unnecessary because either they are descriptive (meaning people naturally behave this way, so who cares) or prescriptive (meaning, people should behave this way, but if it’s not natural to them, they won’t anyway and you can’t make them). This perspective neutralizes the power…


• Pub Med: The Sexual Victimization of Men in America: New Data Challenge Old Assumptions (https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4062022/) - Stemple, Lara, and Ilan H Meyer. “The sexual victimization of men in America: new data challenge old assumptions.” American journal of public health vol. 104,6 (2014): e19-26. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2014.301946


• The Scientific American: 11/01/2023: Cara Ocobock & Sarah Lacy: The Theory That Men Evolved to Hunt and Women Evolved to Gather Is Wrong - The influential idea that in the past men were hunters and women were not isn’t supported by the available evidence


• Trans Language Primer - Biological Essentialism (https://translanguageprimer.com/biological-essentialism/) - blurb explaining the concept of biological essentialism