Survey Results

Gender categories: eliminate, preserve, or revise?


983 respondents
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What the percentages mean: "Accept or lean toward P: 50% (40%)" means that 50% of respondents endorsed this answer inclusively (including multiple-answer endorsements) and 40% endorsed this answer exclusively (excluding multiple-answer endorsements).

These results should not be used for comparison to 2009 results due to different populations and parameters. For meaningful longitudinal comparisons, see the longitudinal analysis section.

Accept or lean towards:
preserve
20.45% (18.92%)
Reject or lean against:
preserve
1.32% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
revise
50.86% (48.02%)
Reject or lean against:
revise
0.00% (0.00%)
Accept or lean towards:
eliminate
16.28% (14.55%)
Reject or lean against:
eliminate
1.22% (0.00%)
Accept a combination of views
3.26%
Accept an alternative view
1.22%
The question is too unclear to answer
5.70%
There is no fact of the matter
0.51%
Agnostic/undecided
7.53%
Other
0.31%
N = 983, excluding skipped & insufficiently familiar (175 respondents)
Alternative Views

16 target respondents indicated that they accept or lean toward an alternative view. The words used in their responses cluster as follows. These results are not filtered by AOS, region, etc.

  • CONT (4): context (1) contested (1) contexts (1) contextualism (1)
  • BIOL (3): biological (3)
  • SOCI (2): sociopolitical (1) social (1)
  • DESC (2): descriptive (2)

Longitudinal comparison to 2009 survey

This question was not in the 2009 survey

Strongest correlations with main questions (target population)

r: 0.45
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 128 52
Reject 141 490
n: 811
p < 0.0001
r: -0.44
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 68 112
Reject 518 124
n: 822
p < 0.0001
r: 0.42
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 215 165
Reject 45 261
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: -0.42
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 91 79
Reject 544 48
n: 762
p < 0.0001
r: 0.4
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 43 106
Reject 18 519
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 62 76
Reject 42 356
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 106 17
Reject 206 358
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: 0.38
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 96 56
Reject 133 389
n: 674
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 390 75
Reject 199 161
n: 825
p < 0.0001
r: 0.35
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 79 105
Reject 80 552
n: 816
p < 0.0001
r: -0.31
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 88 96
Reject 499 134
n: 817
p < 0.0001
r: 0.3
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 384 34
Reject 253 93
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: -0.28
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 141 239
Reject 170 136
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 146 47
Reject 298 364
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: 0.28
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 79 114
Reject 102 553
n: 848
p < 0.0001
r: -0.27
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 17 105
Reject 243 321
n: 686
p < 0.0001
r: 0.26
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 379 78
Reject 211 152
n: 820
p < 0.0001
r: -0.26
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 88 267
Reject 142 179
n: 676
p < 0.0001
r: 0.25
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 59 110
Reject 91 499
n: 759
p < 0.0001
r: -0.24
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 19 124
Reject 252 419
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 45 105
Reject 66 490
n: 706
p < 0.0001
r: 0.24
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 102 60
Reject 189 366
n: 717
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 56 102
Reject 344 206
n: 708
p < 0.0001
r: -0.23
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 35 243
Reject 69 191
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: -0.22
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 124 330
Reject 147 213
n: 814
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 52 84
Reject 300 207
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 67 78
Reject 99 402
n: 646
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 48 102
Reject 316 241
n: 707
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 25 118
Reject 16 614
n: 773
p < 0.0001
r: 0.21
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 85 58
Reject 193 296
n: 632
p < 0.0001
r: -0.21
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 71 113
Reject 383 236
n: 803
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 26 167
Reject 216 447
n: 856
p < 0.0001
r: -0.2
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 27 111
Reject 145 253
n: 536
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 38 124
Reject 238 316
n: 716
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 47 104
Reject 82 448
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 54 95
Reject 392 317
n: 858
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 105 60
Reject 253 313
n: 731
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 10 43
Reject 144 161
n: 358
p: 0.0003
r: 0.19
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 142 319
Reject 53 305
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 29 24
Reject 86 219
n: 358
p: 0.0003
r: 0.19
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 136 17
Reject 339 142
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.19
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 181 222
Reject 96 221
n: 720
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 63 393
Reject 98 265
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 62 125
Reject 114 540
n: 841
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 54 97
Reject 261 269
n: 681
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 74 395
Reject 107 276
n: 852
p < 0.0001
r: -0.18
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 13 140
Reject 81 400
n: 634
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 41 78
Reject 122 473
n: 714
p < 0.0001
r: 0.18
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 112 166
Reject 61 199
n: 538
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 132 215
Reject 147 139
n: 633
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 120 9
Reject 517 118
n: 764
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 69 83
Reject 153 413
n: 718
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 64 127
Reject 314 347
n: 852
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 60 346
Reject 90 265
n: 761
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 222 133
Reject 129 159
n: 643
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 124 58
Reject 271 323
n: 776
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 64 97
Reject 128 406
n: 695
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 51 98
Reject 125 584
n: 858
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 236 241
Reject 144 234
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: 0.17
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 21 317
Reject 10 288
n: 636
p < 0.0001
r: -0.17
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 173 223
Reject 186 151
n: 733
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 33 115
Reject 226 311
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 93 43
Reject 362 309
n: 807
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 244 151
Reject 158 157
n: 710
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 10 116
Reject 48 328
n: 502
p: 0.0003
r: -0.16
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 20 173
Reject 155 507
n: 855
p < 0.0001
r: -0.16
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 229 109
Reject 248 50
n: 636
p < 0.0001
r: 0.16
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 59 78
Reject 118 281
n: 536
p: 0.0002
r: 0.16
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 82 180
Reject 39 182
n: 483
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 13 168
Reject 79 513
n: 773
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 17 362
Reject 43 263
n: 685
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 56 76
Reject 195 448
n: 775
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 106 294
Reject 116 204
n: 720
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 16 107
Reject 24 551
n: 698
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 45 113
Reject 258 321
n: 737
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 222 250
Reject 223 162
n: 857
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 19 128
Reject 162 543
n: 852
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 134 47
Reject 316 275
n: 772
p < 0.0001
r: -0.15
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 28 100
Reject 202 346
n: 676
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 114 37
Reject 290 193
n: 634
p: 0.0002
r: 0.15
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 42 57
Reject 141 304
n: 544
p: 0.0006
r: -0.15
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 69 83
Reject 347 222
n: 721
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 97 90
Reject 438 217
n: 842
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 61 277
Reject 33 265
n: 636
p: 0.0004
r: 0.14
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 32 101
Reject 55 420
n: 608
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 42 107
Reject 83 379
n: 611
p: 0.0005
r: 0.14
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 99 180
Reject 70 178
n: 527
p: 0.0013
r: 0.14
Gender categories: revise Accept Reject
Accept 160 312
Reject 83 303
n: 858
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 30 43
Reject 112 299
n: 484
p: 0.0023
r: 0.14
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 24 57
Reject 107 349
n: 537
p: 0.0013
r: 0.14
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 60 60
Reject 120 302
n: 542
p: 0.0014
r: 0.14
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 15 66
Reject 30 410
n: 521
p: 0.0018
r: 0.14
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 10 87
Reject 21 475
n: 593
p: 0.0009
r: 0.14
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 19 62
Reject 75 383
n: 539
p: 0.0016
r: -0.14
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 6 147
Reject 25 456
n: 634
p: 0.0006
r: -0.13
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 17 126
Reject 144 532
n: 819
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender categories: eliminate Accept Reject
Accept 32 87
Reject 262 340
n: 721
p: 0.0003
r: 0.13
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 55 88
Reject 122 345
n: 610
p: 0.0009
r: -0.13
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 21 71
Reject 93 172
n: 357
p: 0.0117
r: 0.13
Gender categories: preserve Accept Reject
Accept 48 110
Reject 86 461
n: 705
p: 0.0004

Strongest correlations with demographic questions (target population)

r: 0.23
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 26 130
Reject 11 516
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: 0.2
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 42 153
Reject 45 647
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: -0.19
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 8 368
Reject 29 282
n: 687
p < 0.0001
r: 0.15
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 10 146
Reject 7 520
n: 683
p < 0.0001
r: -0.14
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 31 459
Reject 56 344
n: 890
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 173 22
Reject 528 154
n: 877
p < 0.0001
r: 0.14
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 10 146
Reject 6 521
n: 683
p: 0.0002
r: 0.13
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 18 177
Reject 16 676
n: 887
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 22 173
Reject 148 534
n: 877
p < 0.0001
r: -0.13
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 64 87
Reject 407 295
n: 853
p: 0.0002
r: 0.12
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 85 66
Reject 327 365
n: 843
p: 0.0004
r: 0.11
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 20 356
Reject 5 306
n: 687
p: 0.0035
r: 0.11
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 13 112
Reject 29 533
n: 687
p: 0.0037
r: -0.11
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 104 49
Reject 600 128
n: 881
p: 0.0011
r: 0.11
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 19 140
Reject 30 702
n: 891
p: 0.0017
r: -0.1
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 13 363
Reject 27 284
n: 687
p: 0.006
r: 0.1
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 17 139
Reject 22 505
n: 683
p: 0.0066
r: -0.1
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 10 480
Reject 22 378
n: 890
p: 0.002
r: 0.1
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 20 131
Reject 47 655
n: 853
p: 0.0035
r: 0.1
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 280 194
Reject 191 187
n: 852
p: 0.0039
r: -0.1
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 34 336
Reject 43 249
n: 662
p: 0.0135
r: 0.1
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 45 108
Reject 126 602
n: 881
p: 0.0047
r: 0.09
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 20 100
Reject 57 486
n: 663
p: 0.0157
r: 0.09
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 59 317
Reject 30 281
n: 687
p: 0.0145
r: 0.09
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 18 358
Reject 6 305
n: 687
p: 0.0151
r: -0.09
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 14 142
Reject 75 452
n: 683
p: 0.0184
r: -0.09
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 43 447
Reject 55 345
n: 890
p: 0.0074
r: -0.09
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 8 151
Reject 79 653
n: 891
p: 0.008
r: -0.09
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 102 388
Reject 113 287
n: 890
p: 0.0097
r: 0.09
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 9 147
Reject 12 515
n: 683
p: 0.0254
r: 0.09
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 38 118
Reject 95 432
n: 683
p: 0.0259
r: -0.08
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 37 437
Reject 46 332
n: 852
p: 0.0132
r: -0.08
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 6 370
Reject 11 300
n: 687
p: 0.0311
r: 0.08
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 8 117
Reject 16 546
n: 687
p: 0.0327
r: -0.08
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 15 110
Reject 120 442
n: 687
p: 0.0342
r: 0.08
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 39 120
Reject 176 556
n: 891
p: 0.0164
r: 0.08
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 14 111
Reject 38 524
n: 687
p: 0.0402
r: 0.08
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 11 145
Reject 20 507
n: 683
p: 0.0412
r: -0.08
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 15 475
Reject 19 381
n: 890
p: 0.0209
r: -0.08
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 28 446
Reject 39 339
n: 852
p: 0.0245
r: 0.08
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 5 371
Reject 1 310
n: 687
p: 0.0487
r: -0.07
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 36 454
Reject 47 353
n: 890
p: 0.0255
r: 0.07
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 25 170
Reject 58 634
n: 887
p: 0.027
r: -0.07
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 81 78
Reject 451 283
n: 893
p: 0.0278
r: 0.07
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 31 459
Reject 13 387
n: 890
p: 0.0283
r: 0.07
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 10 149
Reject 24 708
n: 891
p: 0.0308
r: 0.07
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 5 192
Reject 7 685
n: 889
p: 0.032
r: 0.07
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 56 434
Reject 27 373
n: 890
p: 0.0326
r: 0.07
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 26 464
Reject 10 390
n: 890
p: 0.0334
r: 0.07
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 29 130
Reject 92 640
n: 891
p: 0.0375
r: 0.07
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 14 137
Reject 31 671
n: 853
p: 0.042
r: -0.07
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 8 151
Reject 75 657
n: 891
p: 0.0402
r: 0.07
Gender categories: preserve Yes No
Accept 12 183
Reject 20 672
n: 887
p: 0.0458
r: 0.07
Gender categories: revise Yes No
Accept 16 474
Reject 5 395
n: 890
p: 0.0472
r: 0.07
Gender categories: eliminate Yes No
Accept 34 125
Reject 119 613
n: 891
p: 0.0472