Category: Formal Gender Theory
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![[AGTRT-BF36] Essentialist thinking about gender is especially evident among feminists and Christians](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/a8cf7-img_7041-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF36] Essentialist thinking about gender is especially evident among feminists and Christians
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In previous blogs, we have covered TERF ideology. TERF stands for Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist. Within the TERF community there is again a multitude of differences of opinion but there is agreement in that corner that transgenderism is undesirable, or else that transgenderism cannot exist and therefore…
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![[AGTRT-BF35] Gender-critical feminists are not necessarily against transgender people](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/7c144-screenshot-2024-01-25-at-02.35.33.png)
[AGTRT-BF35] Gender-critical feminists are not necessarily against transgender people
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team The Guardian recently described that in the United Kingdom a number of employers have been taken to task by the courts for disadvantaging employees because of their gender-critical views. This is a good thing, freedom of speech is a great thing. What stood out was the…
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![[AGTRT-BF34] What conditions must moderate gender theories satisfy?](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ac518-moderate.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF34] What conditions must moderate gender theories satisfy?
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In a series of reports, messages and blogs, we have outlined our search for a MotR (middle of the road) version of formal gender theory (FGT) in order to achieve a workable compromise between the various extremes, particularly between gender essentialism and gender co-essentialism. In AGTRT-BF32,…
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![[AGTRT-BF33] Feminists and transwomen are allies rather than enemies: a rebuttal to Caroline Franssen of VOORZIJ](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/8f8cc-img_6922-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF33] Feminists and transwomen are allies rather than enemies: a rebuttal to Caroline Franssen of VOORZIJ
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In late November, we clashed with the feminists of VOORZIJ for being critical of their intolerant and unscientific position on transgender persons, especially trans women (see AGTRT-BF23, AGTRT-BF24 and AGTRT-BF28). Our conclusion was that while FORSY opposes the label TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist, or anti-trans-feminists), we…
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![[AGTRT-BF32] What does a gender theory look like that takes moderate positions on the transgender phenomenon?](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/30f56-img_6842-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF32] What does a gender theory look like that takes moderate positions on the transgender phenomenon?
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team We have spent the past year developing our own gender theory, called formal gender theory, with the goal of countering polarization in the debate about gender. Formal gender theory makes it possible to develop Middle of the Road versions (MotR versions) of gender theory that attempt…
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![[AGTRT-BF31] Is dialogue about transgender really that difficult now, or does each side feel too good to talk to the other?](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ac2df-img_6827-1.png)
[AGTRT-BF31] Is dialogue about transgender really that difficult now, or does each side feel too good to talk to the other?
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team It seems that anno now only extreme positions receive attention and attempts to seek a compromise or middle ground are often ignored by the media. Do they sometimes see it as a sign of strength to propagate their own positions with great energy and visibility and…