 Gender is a major determinant of health and life quality despite being a societal concept, while sex is more biological it still has societal expectations attached to it. Sex also includes specific health predispositions. Not including both sex and gender affects people's health because both of these factors are at play simultaneously in people's lives and health experiences.

Intersectionality of Sex and Gender Impacts on Healthcare

The characteristics of Gender and Sex interact simultaneously to shape people's experience. Limiting to just one promotes inequalities within transgender and intersex populations. 

Intersectionality of Sex and Gender Impacts on Social Identity

Not implementing Intersectionality of sex and gender within research creates data that is less accurate. This creates knowledge that is limited and lessens the potential to positively impact society. It neglects populations of people not eligible for studies with concrete labels, creating minority populations within research.

Intersectionality of Sex and Gender Impacts on Research

Focusing on only one characteristic exclusively impacts the way people identify, research, and overlooks how gender and sex are shaped by one another.

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With much of research focusing on only the characteristics of either sex or gender, it neglects how gender and sex occur simultaneously and are different aspects of a person's social identity. This in return impacts their health.

Intersectionality of Sex and Gender in Women and Men's Health 

 Hankivsky, O. (2012). Women’s Health, men’s health, and Gender and Health: Implications of Intersectionality. Social Science &amp; Medicine, 74(11), 1712–1720. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.029 


Acknowledging that multiple factors are occurring simultaneously and impacting their health, life quality, and identity. Transforming empirical research and promoting more accurate data and a better reflection on society.

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