Briggs, R. A. <br/><br/>
What Even Is Gender? 

 - Oxford  Taylor & Francis  2023 
 - 1 electronic resource (196 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Debates about gender are everywhere. Is it an inner identity, a biological fact, or an oppressive system? Should we respect it or resist it? What Even Is Gender? shifts the conversation in a fresh direction, arguing that these debates rest on a shared mistake: the idea that there is one thing called "gender" that both sides are arguing about. The authors distinguish a range of phenomena that established vocabulary often lumps together. This sheds light on the equivocations and false dichotomies of "gender" talk, and how they deny many of us the tools to make our needs, experiences, and concerns intelligible to others or even to ourselves. The authors develop a conceptual toolkit that helps alleviate the harms that result from the limitations of familiar approaches. They propose a pluralistic concept of "gender feels" that distinguishes among our experiences of diverse facets of gendered life. They develop a flexible approach to gender categories that reflects the value of self-determination. And they suggest that what we need is not one universal language of gender but an awareness of individual variation and a willingness to adjust to changing contexts and circumstances. A bold and thought-provoking approach to thinking about gender, What Even Is Gender? will be of great interest to those in philosophy, gender studies, sociology, and LGBTQIA+ studies. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781003053330 9781000881264 9780367513214 9781003053330 9780367513177 9781000881288 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.4324/9781003053330  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Gender studies, gender groups<br/>Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology<br/>Ethics and moral philosophy<br/>Philosophy: epistemology and theory of knowledge<br/>Cultural studies<br/>Sociology
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>gender trans feminism identity ethics sex UK's Independent Nonbinary People Marriage Equality Debate Gender Feels Gender Category Membership Autogynephilic Transsexuals Trans People DSM-5 Diagnostic Criterion Hermeneutical Injustice Cis People Gender Categories Response Dependent Account Feminist Social Epistemology Nissan Sentra Gender Self-determination Consensual Gender Gender Dysphoria Gendered Traits Medical Transition Trans Liberation Gender Nonconforming People Default Presumption