Sex and gender in medicine

2025/09/01 Labaka Etxeberria, Ainitze - Erizaintzan graduatua da eta doktorea psikologia programan. EHUko Medikuntza eta Erizaintza Fakultateko irakaslea | Etxeberria Agiriano, Arantza - Filosofian doktore da, EHUko Filosofia Saileko irakaslea eta bertako IAS-Research taldeko ikertzailea Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

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It is clear that women have been excluded from medicine and medical research, either because of their sexual characteristics or because of their gender. This has led to negative consequences for those who identify themselves as women. In order to prevent such harm and overcome discrimination, there has been broad consensus on the steps taken to address gender and sex in the medical field. Some experts believe that they are not enough. Others, on the other hand, question the relevance of these specific measures.

The magazine Elhuyar invites Ainitze Labaka Etxeberria and Arantza Etxeberria Agiri to give their views on the subject. Labaka is a graduate in nursing and a doctor in the psychology program. She is a professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Nursing of the UPV/EHU, where she has researched, among other things, stress and pain in terms of sex and gender. Etxeberria holds a PhD in philosophy and is a professor in the Department of Philosophy of the UPV/EHU and a researcher in the local IAS-Research group. It covers topics such as autonomy and individuality in biology and medicine, the evolutionary biology of development, the biological vision of death, and, in the Philosophy of Science, classifications in science and society (gender, race).

 

 

Photos of Ainitze Labaka Etxeberria

From cells to the whole organism

 

Arantza Etxeberria Agiri

Not invisible women, but not stereotypes