title: Sex and gender traps and springboards: a focus group study among gender researchers in medicine and health sciences.
abstract: We explored the difficulties that gender researchers encounter in their research and the strategies they use for solving these problems. Sixteen Swedish researchers, all women, took part in focus group discussions; the data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The problems reported fell into four main categories: the ambiguity of the concepts of sex and gender; traps associated with dichotomization; difficulties with communication; and issues around publication. Categories of suggested problem-solving strategies were adaptation, pragmatism, addressing the complexities, and definition of terms. Here the specific views of gender researchers in medicine and health sciences-"medical insiders"-bring new challenges into focus.
authors: Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. monica.christianson@nurs.umu.se
authors: Monica
authors: M
authors: Christianson
authors: Lena
authors: L
authors: Alex
authors: Anncristine Fjellman
authors: AF
authors: Wiklund
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Hammarström
authors: Berit
authors: B
authors: Lundman
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D057227:Femininity; D017144:Focus Groups; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012107:Research Design; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors; D014956:Writing