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Philosophical Problems With the Gender-Critical Feminist Argument Against Trans Inclusion

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The Reform of the Gender Recognition Act: Government Consultation (2018) catalyzed a heated debate on transgender rights and trans inclusion in the United Kingdom. I start by explaining what the reforms to the U.K. system of gender recognition propose, why gender-critical feminists oppose them, and how other feminist academics have responded to their arguments. I then offer a more detailed philosophical critique of gender-critical trans-exclusionary feminist arguments. I argue that the gender-critical feminist case against trans women’s access to women-only (or sex-segregated, or single-sex) spaces suffers from a number of fallacies, and introduces modes of argument that are at odds with well-established and sound uses of practical reason. I try to make sense of these problems with gender-critical feminist thought by appealing to the idea of presupposed paranoid structuralism. I also argue that gender-critical feminists’ enthusiastic use of social media and allied online platforms may be implicated in generating some of these problems.

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  • Aleardo Zanghellini, 2020. "Philosophical Problems With the Gender-Critical Feminist Argument Against Trans Inclusion," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(2), pages 21582440209, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:sagope:v:10:y:2020:i:2:p:2158244020927029
    DOI: 10.1177/2158244020927029
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    2. Luis Miguel Rondón García & Dolores Martin Romero, 2016. "Impact of Social Exclusion in Transsexual People in Spain From an Intersectional and Gender Perspective," SAGE Open, , vol. 6(3), pages 21582440166, September.
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