Gender Bias in Human Anatomy Textbook Illustrations
1986; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 10; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1111/j.1471-6402.1986.tb00765.x
ISSN1471-6402
AutoresMita Giacomini, Patricia Rozée-Koker, Fran Pepitone-Arreola-Rockwell,
Tópico(s)Media, Gender, and Advertising
ResumoThe hypothesis that female and male bodies are equally represented in human anatomy text illustrations was tested to determine whether medical students are shown both females and males as possessing equally important and normal bodies in medical school instructional material. All anatomy texts currently in use in a major western medical school (N = 8) were surveyed. In text sections dealing with standard (non-gender-specific) anatomy, male subjects were shown in 64% of the illustrations in which gender was discernable, females were shown in 11%, and gender-neutral or equal representations were shown in 25%. Females and males were found to be represented approximately equally in chapters on urogenital (gender-specific) anatomy (45% female, 48% male, 7% neutral or equal representation). The implications of these findings for the perpetuation of sexist attitudes in the medical profession are discussed.
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