期刊
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE
卷 15, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.684412
关键词
sex; gender; neuroscience; feminism; intersectionality; psychology; epistemology; social structures; social justice
资金
- BadenWuerttemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Art
- University of Freiburg
Intersectionality argues that sex/gender is influenced by other social categories and needs to be taken into account when studying inequality. While neuroscience has largely ignored this perspective, psychology has been engaging with it for more than a decade. This critical analysis explores potential research avenues for neurofeminism guided by intersectionality, focusing on socio-structural causes of health inequalities, psychological processing of social group memberships, and challenging psychological epistemology. The parallel drawn between psychology and neuroscience highlights the potential benefits and risks of incorporating an intersectionality-informed approach in neurofeminism.
Intersectionality contends that sex/gender is constituted of and with other social categories, and that the social structures giving rise to inequality should be addressed in research. This is a powerful and important perspective from which to investigate the processes and consequences of social group memberships, one which has been overlooked by most neuroscientific research. In particular, neurofeminism, a field of critical neuroscience that challenges neuroscientific assumptions, methods and interpretations of data that reinforce sexism, has ignored intersectionality to date. In contrast, research in the field of psychology has been engaging with intersectionality for more than a decade. In reflecting on how intersectionality has advanced feminist research in psychology, this paper provides a critical analysis of potential novel research avenues for neurofeminism. We identify three main research themes guided by intersectionality. The first theme involves research centered on understanding the socio-structural causes of health inequalities experienced by individuals with intersecting marginalized social identities; the second concerns research addressing the psychological processing of social group memberships that underlies the enactment of systemic discriminatory practices; and the third theme comprises intersectionality research that aims to challenge psychological epistemology. Drawing parallels between the fields of psychology and neuroscience, we explore the potential benefits and risks of advancing an intersectionality-informed neurofeminism.
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