Kevin Timpe at the Experimental Philosophy blog has put up some interesting results in response to a classroom poll:
When asked whether they think having sex chromosomes (either XX or XY, depending on whether the student is male or female) is an essential or accidental property, the male students generally replied the property was accidental while the females thought it was essential. Timpe is asking for additional studies or research along these lines–if any readers have suggestions, head over to the blog and contribute. While it’s a single sample and a small sample size, the results are interesting.
Any thoughts on implications of the results, if you think there are any?