Author: Laurens Buijs
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![[AGTRT-BF69] In search of a theory of gender identity](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1015c-git_symbols.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF69] In search of a theory of gender identity
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Structure of this blog 1. Introduction We have been asking ourselves for some time whether we can arrive at a theory of gender identity. In blog AGTRT-BF62 we noted that this concept in gender theory is currently surrounded by questions and ambiguities. Read more about the…
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![[AGTRT-BF68] Informal Gender Theory (IGT) makes gender a matter of how you feel, and not how another should see you](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/af5d6-screenshot-2024-03-29-at-08.28.54.png)
[AGTRT-BF68] Informal Gender Theory (IGT) makes gender a matter of how you feel, and not how another should see you
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Gender identity is a central concept in gender theory of the last 30 years, and to a slightly lesser extent also of FGT (Formal Gender Theory, see gender-theory.org/) as the authors have been developing it since early 2023. We are working on a series of blogs…
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![[AGTRT-BF67] Kathleen Stock provides gender-critical arguments for “a woman is an adult human female”](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/15d77-stock.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF67] Kathleen Stock provides gender-critical arguments for “a woman is an adult human female”
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Kathleen Stock is a British philosopher who resigned her professorship at the University of Sussex in 2021 due to pressure from activist transgender students calling for her resignation because of her gender-critical statements. Stock is one of the best-known victims of cancel culture in gender studies.…
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![[AGTRT-BF66] Leaked WPATH files show significant doubt among medical professionals about gender transition](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/f05a1-wpath.png)
[AGTRT-BF66] Leaked WPATH files show significant doubt among medical professionals about gender transition
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Structure of this blog 1. Introduction The world of gender and gender transition is somewhat in turmoil because of the bringing out of the so-called WPATH files by activist and journalist Mia Hughes. These are leaked files containing correspondence between members of WPATH about gender transition.…
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![[AGTRT-BF65] Freud and psychoanalysis can play a role in theoretical sexology with adaptation to modern gender theory](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/f5642-img_7707-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF65] Freud and psychoanalysis can play a role in theoretical sexology with adaptation to modern gender theory
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team We want to try to see formal gender theory (FGT, see gender-theory.org/) as a modern basis for topics in theoretical sexology (see AGTRT-BF59). The primary issue here is not whether or not we support such an issue in terms of content. Our concern is with connections.…
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![[AGTRT-BF64] In essentialism, gender identity is not necessarily denied](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/beb45-brain_featured-1480x833-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF64] In essentialism, gender identity is not necessarily denied
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team We are working on a series of blogs on gender identity, a concept we previously noted that much ambiguity remains about it in gender theory (see AGTRT-BF62). Gender identity as a concept is central to co-essentialism, or the school of thought that holds that gender is…