Gender ThinkingTemple University Press, 2010 M04 30 - 384 pages How can we accept the gender system in view of its ills? Yet, are we really at liberty to abolish gender differences, "when the gender system gives us benchmarks of personal identity and worth along with primary channels in which to pursue the rewards of love?" With this double question, Steven G. Smith introduces his inquiry into the idea of gender and how it is implicated in love, respect, equality, and personal character. Gender Thinking is the first comprehensive philosophical exploration of the concept of gender Asking the question, what is gender?—that is, what sort of thing do we take femininity and masculinity to be?—Smith considers how gender thinking is interwoven with ideas about human nature. He suggests ways in which ideas about race, class, culture age, temperament, and sexual orientation can be understood from clues found in gender thinking. And he calls for a renegotiated procreative partnership between women and men as the key to the redemption of gender. |
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... thing would be related to sex , procreation , and the ordering of life . But even supposing that it lies in our power to abolish gender : May we ? Should we ? Can we make such a choice when the gender sys- tem gives us benchmarks of ...
... thing one can say is : let us try to be humane about this thwarting of humanity . The present work is a composition of conceptual maneuvers . I want to form a thought that is commodious , durable , and instrumental to a better life . I ...
... things but instead has to do typically with intentional qualities and , indeed , ideals . The intentional realities of gender are certainly related to the sexes , sex conceptions , and sex roles in a systematic way , but they are most ...
... thing we should think about if we are to understand the significance , for us , of human kinds . Politically , Democracy is rather an indeterminate principle . Who rules whom ? Does the group rule its parts or do the parts rule the ...
... things are from God " ( 1 Cor . 11 : 11-12 ) , " In Christ there is neither male nor female " ( Gal . 3:28 ) -he is not , and does not pretend or want to be , free of the natural presupposition about gender . That is not a peculiarity ...
Contents
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4 The Sex Basis of Gender | 85 |
5 Gender Valuation and Selfhood | 139 |
6 Gender and Duality | 205 |
7 Gender and Procreation | 254 |
Realizing Sex | 303 |
Notes | 321 |
Index | 375 |