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dc.contributor.authorSweeting, Helenen_UK
dc.contributor.authorMaycock, Matthew Williamen_UK
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Lauraen_UK
dc.contributor.authorHunt, Kateen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-12T01:09:02Z-
dc.date.available2018-04-12T01:09:02Z-
dc.date.issued2017-03en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/26975-
dc.description.abstractDespite academic feminist debate over several decades, the binary nature of sex as a (perhaps the) primary social classification is often taken for granted, as is the assumption that individuals can be unproblematically assigned a biological sex at birth. This article presents analysis of online debate on the BBC news website in November 2013, comprising 864 readers' responses to an article entitled ‘Germany allows ‘indeterminate’ gender at birth’. It explores how discourse reflecting Western essentialist beliefs about people having one sex or ‘the other’ is maintained in debates conducted in this online public space. Comments were coded thematically and are presented under five sub-headings: overall evaluation of the German law; discussing and disputing statistics and ‘facts’; binary categorisations; religion and politics; and ‘conversations’ and threads. Although for many the mapping of binary sex onto gender was unquestionable, this view was strongly disputed by commentators who questioned the meanings of ‘natural’ and ‘normal’, raised the possibility of removing societal binary male-female distinctions or saw maleness–femaleness as a continuum. While recognising that online commentators are anonymous and can control their self-presentation, this animated discussion suggests that social classifications as male or female, even if questioned, remain fundamental in public debate in the early 21st century. © 2016 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHILen_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_UK
dc.relationSweeting H, Maycock MW, Walker L & Hunt K (2017) Public challenge and endorsement of sex category ambiguity in online debate: 'The sooner people stop thinking that gender is a matter of choice the better'. Sociology of Health and Illness, 39 (3), pp. 380-396. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12490en_UK
dc.rights© 2016 The Authors. Sociology of Health & Illness published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Foundation for SHIL This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_UK
dc.subjectsexen_UK
dc.subjectgenderen_UK
dc.subjectlay conceptsen_UK
dc.subjectInternet and researchen_UK
dc.subjectcontent analysisen_UK
dc.titlePublic challenge and endorsement of sex category ambiguity in online debate: 'The sooner people stop thinking that gender is a matter of choice the better'en_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/1467-9566.12490en_UK
dc.identifier.pmid27859354en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleSociology of Health and Illnessen_UK
dc.citation.issn1467-9566en_UK
dc.citation.issn0141-9889en_UK
dc.citation.volume39en_UK
dc.citation.issue3en_UK
dc.citation.spage380en_UK
dc.citation.epage396en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.citation.date16/11/2016en_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Glasgowen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationInstitute for Social Marketingen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000397383200004en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-85002708558en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid896958en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5873-3632en_UK
dc.date.accepted2016-11-16en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2016-11-16en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2018-04-11en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorSweeting, Helen|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorMaycock, Matthew William|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorWalker, Laura|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorHunt, Kate|0000-0002-5873-3632en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2018-04-11en_UK
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