Sex Contextualism
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چکیده
This paper develops the conceptual framework of “sex contextualism” for study sex-related variables in biomedical research. Sex contextualism offers an alternative to binary sex essentialist approaches as a biological variable. Specifically, recognizes pluralism and context-specificity operationalizations ‘sex’ across experimental laboratory In light recent policy mandates consider variable, constructive guidance researchers attending variation. As critique essentialism, contributes current debates philosophy biology, feminist science studies, social ontology on construction categories gender/sex differences scientific
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عنوان ژورنال: Philosophy, theory, and practice in biology
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2475-3025']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/ptpbio.2096