Category: Formal Gender Theory

Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In FGT, we see neutral gender as non-male and non-female. The term binary gender, like non-binary, we want to avoid explicitly and implicitly because of its ideological connotations (see AGTRT-3). With that, neutral can be described as “non-male & non-female.” In FGT, we see neutral as…

Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team We have several goals with AGTRT, and one is to use formal gender theory(FGT) to establish a new approach within gender theory. We want to list here what we think is really new about our approach. Learn more about the basics of gender and FGT’s role…

Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team The concept of gender identity is by far the most complex and impenetrable notion in gender theory. Without a concept of gender identity, gender theory is hard to get going, but what exactly gender identity is is very difficult to put into words. To date, we…

Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team With formal gender theory(FGT), we try to arrive at a clear narrative of gender theory that involves choices but also avoids, to the best of our ability, the use of language in such a way that some extreme positions cannot even be put into words. Helen…

Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team The Amsterdam UMC published a position statement on the Cass report on transgender care on its own website this week. Last week, pediatrician Hilary Cass published the long-awaited review of British care provision for transgender youth. Her report revealed fundamental problems with the diagnosis and treatment…