“What Makes a ‘Man’ and a ‘Woman’?”: Measuring Essentialist Beliefs about Gonadal Hormones (EBAGHs)

We created a unidimensional measure of essentialist beliefs about gonadal hormones (EBAGHs). Higher EBAGH scorers claimed superior sex-congruent testosterone and estrogen levels relative to their same-sex peers irrespective of the levels’ perceived healthiness, and EBAGH endorsement was linked to the self-reported influence of mainstream entertainment and social media.