neurosexism

English

Etymology

neuro- +‎ sexism

Noun

neurosexism (uncountable)

1. (neologism) The use of neuroscientific research to support preexisting ideas about inherent sex differences.
   • 2010, Cordelia Fine, Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference, W. W. Norton (2010), →ISBN, page xxviii:

     Neurosexism reflects and reinforces cultural beliefs about gender—and it may do so in a particularly powerful way. Dubious “brain facts” about the sexes become part of the cultural lore.

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