{"product_id":"material-girls-why-reality-matters-for-feminism","title":"Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis title is part of our Wild Bloom Collection. 50% of the sale price goes directly to our partners at Inclusion NWT.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don't always end well' Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known as a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological sex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProfessor Kathleen Stock surveys the philosophical ideas that led to this point, and closely interrogates each one, from De Beauvoir's statement that, 'One is not born, but rather becomes a woman' (an assertion she contends has been misinterpreted and repurposed), to Judith Butler's claim that language creates biological reality, rather than describing it. She looks at biological sex in a range of important contexts, including women-only spaces and resources, healthcare, epidemiology, political organization and data collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial Girls makes a clear, humane and feminist case for our retaining the ability to discuss reality, and concludes with a positive vision for the future, in which trans rights activists and feminists can collaborate to achieve some of their political aims.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathleen Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46028865831109,"sku":"9780349726625","price":9.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0733\/0480\/1477\/files\/9780349726625.jpg?v=1775240170","url":"https:\/\/www.bloominsallysusedbooks.com\/products\/material-girls-why-reality-matters-for-feminism","provider":"Bloomin’ Sally’s Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}