Methodologies of misgendering: Recommendations for reducing cisgenderism in psychological research

Feminism and Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-270

  Ansara, Y Gavriel ^a   Hegarty, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cisgenderism; feminism; gender; genderqueer; intersex; linguistics; misgendering; research methods; sexism; sexist language; transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899785097     PISSN: 09593535     EISSN: 14617161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959353514526217     Document Type: Article

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