Summary of Kathleen Stock's Material Girls

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 Modern trans activism is based on four axioms: 1. You have an important inner state called a gender identity. 2. For some people, inner gender identity doesn’t match the biological sex – male or female – originally assigned to them at birth. 3. Gender identity, not biological sex, is what makes you a man or a woman. 4. The existence of trans people generates a moral obligation upon all of us to recognize and legally protect gender identity.

#2 The distinction between sex and gender is a central tenet of feminism. It is the belief that cultural expectations about femininity and masculinity are created by and in the interest of men.

#3 Some feminist theorists went even further, arguing that de Beauvoir actually meant that being a woman is essentially social, not biological. Thus, it is no longer necessary to challenge the notion that women are naturally suited for home life rather than professional work or intellectual life.

#4 John Money, a psychologist and paediatrician, developed two important concepts in the field of gender identity: gender role and gender identity. He believed that we all adopt gender roles, but that some people with DSDs may not have outwardly gendered behaviors that match their biological status.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Feb 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669350729

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Insights on Kathleen Stock's Material Girls

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Modern trans activism is based on four axioms: 1. You have an important inner state called a gender identity. 2. For some people, inner gender identity doesn’t match the biological sex – male or female – originally assigned to them at birth. 3. Gender identity, not biological sex, is what makes you a man or a woman. 4. The existence of trans people generates a moral obligation upon all of us to recognize and legally protect gender identity.

#2

The distinction between sex and gender is a central tenet of feminism. It is the belief that cultural expectations about femininity and masculinity are created by and in the interest of men.

#3

Some feminist theorists went even further, arguing that de Beauvoir actually meant that being a woman is essentially social, not biological. Thus, it is no longer necessary to challenge the notion that women are naturally suited for home life rather than professional work or intellectual life.

#4

John Money, a psychologist and paediatrician, developed two important concepts in the field of gender identity: gender role and gender identity. He believed that we all adopt gender roles, but that some people with DSDs may not have outwardly gendered behaviors that match their biological status.

#5

The idea of gender identity first emerged from working with people with DSDs. It was a way for Money and Stoller to explain the conflicting feelings and thoughts that they saw in people with these disorders. They believed that people with DSDs had an inner gender identity that didn’t match their outward sex.

#6

The assumption has been that there are only two possible states for human beings: male and female. However, this is not the case. There are at least five sexes, according to Fausto-Sterling, and every way that humans try to carve up sexed variety is relatively arbitrary.

#7

Judith Butler, a French philosopher, wrote in 1990 that anything can