Update on this section
Fragment of a discussion from Course talk:PSYC305/2013ST2/ClassProject/5.5 Discussion - Future Research
I have amended the passage in order to make it more direct and concise. I have taken what I understood to be the root idea of the original passage and then added what I see as a key element, namely the opportunity to separate factors related to mental and physical health into distinct “gender” and “biological sex” categories. My reasoning is that there is often a logical error that occurs when research points to the propensity of women or men to develop certain diseases or disorders. The error is that a statistical difference between men and women is usually assumed as the result of inherent genetic differences, while the broad category of socially constructed gender differences is ignored.
NoraReynoso (talk)