The Cornell rape case has put male violence and predatory behavior in the spotlight yet again. The details of the case are beyond horrific, as anyone who has read even a little about it knows; I will not rehash those details here. But when put in company with the rise of the manosphere and theContinue reading “Susan Faludi on Masculinity and Violence”
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Why Critics of “Gender Ideology” Are Wrong
There is a lot to say about the current anti-trans sentiment and policy/legal shifts in the US. I will focus here on what critics call gender ideology, which they claim denies the reality of biological sex as binary and unchangeable, substituting for it a made-up concept of gender identity. On this view, trans people areContinue reading “Why Critics of “Gender Ideology” Are Wrong”
On the Importance of Equality
We’re living in a strange moment, when the basic ideals of freedom and equality upon which the US was founded are under attack from a conservative, influential, and vocal minority. This minority is doing its best to institute laws that disenfranchise people of color; deny students access to books and courses of study that challengeContinue reading “On the Importance of Equality”
