Study, 1988
Does research on PMS reflect gender bias?
This analysis found that scientific research on PMS contains gender bias in how symptoms are described and explained.
Early or limited evidence Scientific literature on PMS
What they did
The author examined how PMS research discusses and explains the condition, focusing on the language used and the frameworks chosen to explain causes.
What they found
Masculinist bias appears in how observations are described and in the choice of explanatory frameworks. This bias is reinforced by how medical science treats the body as an object for study.
What it means for you
The way researchers study and discuss PMS may reflect gender bias that shapes how the condition is understood and treated. This is an analysis of research practice, not a study with participants.
About the study
- Original title
- The Premenstrual Syndrome “Dis-easing” the Female Cycle
- Authors
- Jacquelyn N. Zita
- Journal
- Hypatia
- Year
- 1988
- Study design
- Study
- What was tested
- Analytical examination of research language and frameworks, not a tested intervention
- Read the paper
- doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.1988.tb00057.x