Sex Matters: Essays in Gender-Critical Philosophy

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Holly Lawford-Smith (Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne)

Sex Matters

Essays in Gender-Critical Philosophy

Holly Lawford-Smith (Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne)

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English

Oxford University Press
05 October 2023

Social & political philosophy; Social issues & processes; Feminism & feminist theory; Ethical issues & debates; Ethical issues: prostitution & sex industry; Gender studies, gender groups; Sexual behaviour

Sex Matters addresses a cluster of related questions that arise from the conflict of interests between rights based on sex and rights based on gender identity. Some of these questions are theoretical, including: who has the more ambitious vision for women's liberation, gender-critical feminists or proponents of gender identity? How does each understand what gender is? What are the arguments for the refrain that 'trans women are women!', and do they succeed? Other questions taken up in the book are more applied to specific issues in law and policy including: should there be a right to exclude people who are biologically male from women-only spaces? How do the interests of all stakeholders to bathrooms, in particular, trade off when it comes to moving from sex to gender identity as the basis for self-inclusion? If we think about types of transition, or gatekeeping requirements on transition, as providing assurance to women who are asked to accept the opening up of women-only spaces to transwomen, are any such assurances sufficient? Is 'TERF' a slur, as some radical and gender-critical feminists have claimed? And finally, is gender-critical speech 'hate speech', as it has been classified by some social media platforms, or at least harmful speech?

Holly Lawford-Smith discusses these issues in a series of essays, all but one of them previously unpublished. She takes an analytic philosophical approach to these issues, drawing on ideas from political philosophy, philosophy of biology, and philosophy of language, as well as second-wave feminist theory and empirical literature, to defend a gender-critical position in response to all of these questions.

By: Holly Lawford-Smith (Associate Professor in Political Philosophy University of Melbourne)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 165mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 492g
ISBN: 9780192896131
ISBN 10: 019289613X
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 05 October 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgements Preface Some notes on language Part I: Theory 1: Ending Sex-Based Oppression: Transitional Pathways 2: Gender: What Is It, And What Do They Want It To Be? 3: Do Arguments For 'Trans Women Are Women' Succeed? Part II: Policy 4: Women-Only Spaces And The Right To Exclude 5: Sex Self-Identification And Costly Signals Of Assurance 6: The Never-Ending Dispute Over Public Bathrooms Part III: Speech 7: Is 'TERF' A Slur? 8: Is Gender-Critical Speech Hate Speech? 9: Is Gender-Critical Speech Harmful Speech?

Holly Lawford-Smith is Associate Professor in Political Philosophy, University of Melbourne.