Day: November 21, 2023
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[AGTRT-BF22] Essentialist thinking about gender is often paradoxical and unreasonable, but it can also be moderate
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Essentialism about gender amounts to subscribing to the following four principles: Essentialism is often seen as old-fashioned in progressive circles, but it is far from gone. Indeed, we find it in a wide variety of movements. On the one hand, these include the Roman Catholic Church,…