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A Dispositional Account Of Gender, Jennifer Mckitrick
A Dispositional Account Of Gender, Jennifer Mckitrick
Department of Philosophy: Faculty Publications
This paper argues that one’s gender is partially constituted by extrinsic factors. In Sect. 2, I very briefly explain my understanding of sex, gender, and transgender. In Sect. 3, a survey recent accounts of gender as a socially constructed or conferred property, ending with Judith Butler’s idea that gender is a pattern of behavior in a social context. In Sect. 4, I suggest a modification of Butler’s idea, according to which gender is a behavioral disposition. In Sect. 5, I develop my dispositional account by responding to a worry that it is too essentialist. In Sect. 6, I defend my …
Elizabeth Grosz. Becoming Undone: Darwinian Reflections On Life, Politics, And Art. Durham: Duke Up, 2011. Viii + 264 Pp., Vera Coleman
Elizabeth Grosz. Becoming Undone: Darwinian Reflections On Life, Politics, And Art. Durham: Duke Up, 2011. Viii + 264 Pp., Vera Coleman
Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Review of Elizabeth Grosz. Becoming Undone: Darwinian Reflections on Life, Politics, and Art. Durham: Duke UP, 2011. viii + 264 pp.