An International, 16,000 Person Study Finds People Are More Prejudiced Against Trans Women Than Trans Men

Are we ready to take transmisogyny seriously yet??

I have another Research Roundup for your inboxes this week — the series where I offer some context and criticism on the latest social scientific research. This time, we are taking a look at a groundbreaking new study on transmisogynistic attitudes across the globe.

The article A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Prejudice Against Transgender People by social psychologist Jaime Napier was just released in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science earlier this month, and it contains truly noteworthy findings that offer some of the first empirical support for decades of trans feminist theory.

It also includes some…telling gaps in the researcher’s understanding of how gendered bias operates, which is a really great indication of how far behind the field of social psychology is on the subject, and how little scientists from within my field listen to trans female scholars.

Let’s first take a look at the study abstract before diving into the nitty-gritty details of the methodology, findings, and Napier’s conclusions. I’ll summarize and provide additional commentary & critique to every passage of the…