Sex and Gender in the Sciences

The science of sex and gender has always been contested and controversial. And, running through the empirical debates, are two competing concerns. One is that science continues its ugly tradition of embedding cultural biases and stereotypes of females and sexual and gender minorities into its theories, hypotheses, methods and interpretations. But an opposing concern is that the progressive politics of some scientists, academics and activists are undermining the integrity of science, by rejecting particular findings, theories or scientists because they find them politically unpalatable, rather than on intellectual grounds.