Category: Formal Gender Theory
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![[AGTRT-BF72] D66’s striking arrogance on gender theory](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/d75e1-img_7933-1.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF72] D66’s striking arrogance on gender theory
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In recent days, NSC, through NSC MP Nicolien van Vroonhoven, has proposed withdrawing the proposal for the new transgender law. We welcome that. While it is true that a new law is certainly useful and necessary (see AGTRT-BF18), the current bill is too co-essentialist. In other…
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![[AGTRT-BF71] Transgender and darts II: the importance of transition history](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/97db9-img_7907.jpg)
[AGTRT-BF71] Transgender and darts II: the importance of transition history
Laurens Buijs & Jan BergstraAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team There was a commotion last week over a trans woman’s participation in the women’s darts competition. Two women, say A and B, refused to be on the national team any longer with a trans woman, who we call C. We don’t mention that persons’ names here…
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![[AGTRT-BF70] Transgender and darts I: medical and psychological Holland’s turn now](https://gender-theory.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/07438-screenshot-2024-04-04-at-08.05.52.png)
[AGTRT-BF70] Transgender and darts I: medical and psychological Holland’s turn now
Jan Bergstra & Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team In connection with the commotion over transgender participation in darts, much commentary is coming out on social media. This comes from several directions. Remarkably, the utter ambiguity of the term transgender gets little to no attention. On the site of the Transgender Network we read “who…
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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.…