Category: Formal Gender Theory
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![[AGTRT-BF42] How can the concept of bodily gender be concretely applied in gender theory?](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/440ce-img_7144-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF42] How can the concept of bodily gender be concretely applied in gender theory?
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team The notion of physical gender that we described in blog AGTRT-BF41 must prove itself in practice. Here we want to look at how physical gender can play a role in the discussion. Read more about physical gender: The concept of physical gender better captures the complexity…
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![[AGTRT-BF41] The concept of bodily gender captures the complexity of biological sex](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9c916-img_7107-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF41] The concept of bodily gender captures the complexity of biological sex
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Work on gender theory is considerably complicated by the ambiguity of the notion of biological sex. Under this term lies a variety of notions that one would prefer precisely not to lump together. We therefore propose to introduce a new concept: bodily gender (= bodily sex,…
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![[AGTRT-BF40] What lessons can the Netherlands learn from the Phoenix case? A comparison between Jo Phoenix and Laurens Buijs](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/d0f3e-img_7087-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF40] What lessons can the Netherlands learn from the Phoenix case? A comparison between Jo Phoenix and Laurens Buijs
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In our last blog (see AGTRT-BF39), we described the case of Jo Phoenix, the Open University criminology professor in the United Kingdom who was ousted because of her gender-critical views. Phoenix won the lawsuit on the issue last week. The university was taken to task: it…
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![[AGTRT-BF39] Professor Jo Phoenix was bullied out for gender-critical views, judge slaps university on the wrist](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/de9fe-img_7086-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF39] Professor Jo Phoenix was bullied out for gender-critical views, judge slaps university on the wrist
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Jo Phoenix was professor of criminology at the Open University (OU) in the United Kingdom until she got into trouble for her gender-critical views. For example, she was gender critical by making a clear distinction between biological sex and gender identity. She also raised what she…
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![[AGTRT-BF38] Understanding more about how the concept of gender has changed over time is helpful in the discussions at hand](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/6b8c0-img_7080-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF38] Understanding more about how the concept of gender has changed over time is helpful in the discussions at hand
Jan Bergstra & Laurens Buijs Amsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Structure of this blog 1. Introduction It has been common in gender theory since the beginning of this century to design complex notions through a process called incremental concept engineering (ICE). ICE a process by which new ideas, concepts or designs are developed and refined…
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![[AGTRT-BF37] Marcus Dib is transsexual but not transgender: what does this mean for gender theory?](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/913db-screenshot-2024-01-26-at-12.14.30.png)
[AGTRT-BF37] Marcus Dib is transsexual but not transgender: what does this mean for gender theory?
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team An interview with Marcus Dib is circulating on YouTube. Dib was born a woman, but now goes through life as a transgender man. Yet “he” sees himself as biologically female, and “he” does not want to be called transgender. We see a strikingly strong and clear…