more on this available from @princetonupress.bsky.social here: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Have a read! www.prosocial.world/posts/beyond...

Gender differences in health and disease do exist, and sex is a central feature in many, if not all, of them. However, other than infertility, it’s difficult to imagine a social or healthcare context in which gamete type or production matters much at all.

All biological variation associated with sex is important & plays a major role in how individuals engage with bodies, cultural dynamics, and societies. Such relations are neither simple nor uniform across time and geography, nor binary. Human sex is biocultural.

If biological sex is to have comprehensive meaning for the entirety of the human experience, defining it based solely on gamete production typology is oversimplified and scientifically incorrect.

Distinctions in sex-related biology are binary only in the gametic context and are categorical, variable, and continuous as the complexity and diversity compounds.

Beginning with inputs from genes, developmental processes, and the environment, sexual expression moves from molecular and morphological manifestations into physiological, behavioral, and biocultural interactions.

SciAm did a story

www.scientificamerican.com/article/jeff...

Together, our findings demonstrate that men supporting women’s empowerment face heavy costs - but norms are mutable.

Policies that reduce structural barriers, address stigma around gender atypical behavior, and leverage emerging benefits can help accelerate gender-equitable change. 🎯 5/5

15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.

We still do.