Madeleine Pape, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
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Le 15 November 2024Amphi DEfalse false
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11h30
Sex contextualism in laboratory research: Enhancing rigor and precision in the study of sex-related variables
Sex contextualism in laboratory research: Enhancing rigor and precision in the study of sex-related variables
Madeleine Pape, Senior Researcher,
Centre en études genre CEG
University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract
Understanding sex-related variation in health requires moving beyond sex as a mere classification system to focusing on measurable sex-related variables, which can vary in context-specific ways. Rigorous research methods and careful interpretation are essential to ensure that findings support health equity for all.
Biography
Madeleine Pape is a sociologist of gender, who examines the epistemic politics of “sex” and “gender” across diverse institutional contexts. She is particularly interested in how notions of “biological sex” and “sex difference” become embedded in gender equity projects in sport and biomedicine, and with what consequences. By examining how policymakers, scientists, and (certain) feminists seek to enact “sex,” she showes how “it” emerges as elusive and ambiguous and always entangled with gender, race, nation, and other socially meaningful forms of difference. She recently published a "perspective" in Cell, showing that understanding sex-related variation in health requires moving beyond sex as a mere classification system to focusing on measurable sex-related variables, which can vary in context-specific ways.
