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PublisherLittle, Brown Book Group The Limited

ISBN-100349726620

ISBN-139780349726625

eBay Product ID (ePID)21057253479

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Book TitleMaterial Girls : Why Reality Matters for Feminism

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicFeminism & Feminist Theory, Sociology / General, Gender Studies

GenreSocial Science

AuthorKathleen Stock

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight8.8 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-479402

Reviews[ Material Girls ] pack[s] a punch . . . A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well-- Christina Patterson , Sunday Times

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal305.42

Synopsis'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard 'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday Times Material Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known as a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological sex.Professor Kathleen Stock surveys the philosophical ideas that led to this point, and closely interrogates each one, from De Beauvoir's statement that, 'One is not born, but rather becomes a woman' (an assertion she contends has been misinterpreted and repurposed), to Judith Butler's claim that language creates biological reality, rather than describing it. She looks at biological sex in a range of important contexts, including women-only spaces and resources, healthcare, epidemiology, political organization and data collection. Material Girls makes a clear, humane and feminist case for our retaining the ability to discuss reality, and concludes with a positive vision for the future, in which trans rights activists and feminists can collaborate to achieve some of their political aims., 'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard 'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday Times Material Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known as a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological sex. Professor Kathleen Stock surveys the philosophical ideas that led to this point, and closely interrogates each one, from De Beauvoir's statement that, 'One is not born, but rather becomes a woman' (an assertion she contends has been misinterpreted and repurposed), to Judith Butler's claim that language creates biological reality, rather than describing it. She looks at biological sex in a range of important contexts, including women-only spaces and resources, healthcare, epidemiology, political organization and data collection. Material Girls makes a clear, humane and feminist case for our retaining the ability to discuss reality, and concludes with a positive vision for the future, in which trans rights activists and feminists can collaborate to achieve some of their political aims.

LC Classification NumberHQ1075