APS
2025 APS Annual Convention · 2025
Challenging Essentialism: Chromosome Education Reduces Rigid Beliefs and Improves Attitudes Toward Transgender People
- Thomas Brennan
St. Mary's College of Maryland - Strummer Condayan
St. Mary's College of Maryland - Kristina Howansky
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Abstract
Participants (N=110) listened to a podcast about the complexities of sex chromosomes, which improved attitudes toward transgender individuals, reduced beliefs in gender immutability, and increased recognition of transgender identity as universal. This work highlights the potential of educational interventions to challenge harmful essentialist beliefs and reduce prejudice.
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