Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students

Gender essentialism, the belief that gender traits are innate and immutable, plays a critical role in shaping societal norms. Although research has focused on how essentialist beliefs develop, little is known about modulation across diverse gender expressions and partner preferences, particularly du...

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Autores principales: Calero, Cecilia, Judzik, Darío, Stewart, Verónica
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Publicado: Universidad Torcuato Di Tella 2024
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Adolescencia
Adolescence
Grupo de edad
Age group
Psicología
Psychology
Comportamiento humano
Human Behavior
Gender essentialism
Gender identity
Social essentialism
LGBTQ+
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spelling I57-R163-20.500.13098-131452024-11-13T07:00:19Z Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students Calero, Cecilia Judzik, Darío Stewart, Verónica Adolescencia Adolescence Grupo de edad Age group Psicología Psychology Comportamiento humano Human Behavior Gender essentialism Gender identity Social essentialism LGBTQ+ Gender essentialism, the belief that gender traits are innate and immutable, plays a critical role in shaping societal norms. Although research has focused on how essentialist beliefs develop, little is known about modulation across diverse gender expressions and partner preferences, particularly during adolescence. This study aimed to explore essentialist beliefs, using a novel self-reported questionary, in LGBTQ+ adolescents compared to their non-LGBTQ+ peers, (n=1037; ages 16–18). Results showed that LGBTQ+ represent 25% of students and this group showed significantly lower gender essentialism than their peers. However, all adolescents were influenced by prevailing societal expectations. These findings highlight the importance of understanding how gender essentialism operates within vulnerable populations and suggest potential implications for promoting gender equality in educational settings. 2024-11-12T13:00:00Z 2024-11-12T13:00:00Z 2024-10-10 info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion https://repositorio.utdt.edu/handle/20.500.13098/13145 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 38 p. application/pdf application/pdf Universidad Torcuato Di Tella
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topic Adolescencia
Adolescence
Grupo de edad
Age group
Psicología
Psychology
Comportamiento humano
Human Behavior
Gender essentialism
Gender identity
Social essentialism
LGBTQ+
spellingShingle Adolescencia
Adolescence
Grupo de edad
Age group
Psicología
Psychology
Comportamiento humano
Human Behavior
Gender essentialism
Gender identity
Social essentialism
LGBTQ+
Calero, Cecilia
Judzik, Darío
Stewart, Verónica
Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students
topic_facet Adolescencia
Adolescence
Grupo de edad
Age group
Psicología
Psychology
Comportamiento humano
Human Behavior
Gender essentialism
Gender identity
Social essentialism
LGBTQ+
description Gender essentialism, the belief that gender traits are innate and immutable, plays a critical role in shaping societal norms. Although research has focused on how essentialist beliefs develop, little is known about modulation across diverse gender expressions and partner preferences, particularly during adolescence. This study aimed to explore essentialist beliefs, using a novel self-reported questionary, in LGBTQ+ adolescents compared to their non-LGBTQ+ peers, (n=1037; ages 16–18). Results showed that LGBTQ+ represent 25% of students and this group showed significantly lower gender essentialism than their peers. However, all adolescents were influenced by prevailing societal expectations. These findings highlight the importance of understanding how gender essentialism operates within vulnerable populations and suggest potential implications for promoting gender equality in educational settings.
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author Calero, Cecilia
Judzik, Darío
Stewart, Verónica
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Judzik, Darío
Stewart, Verónica
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title Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students
title_short Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students
title_full Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students
title_fullStr Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students
title_full_unstemmed Gender Essentialism Among Adolescents: Comparative Analysis of Essentialist Beliefs About Sex and Gender Norms in LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ Secondary Students
title_sort gender essentialism among adolescents: comparative analysis of essentialist beliefs about sex and gender norms in lgbtq+ and non-lgbtq+ secondary students
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