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> The vision of social relations that sustains transgenderism is the so-called postgenderism: a social, political and cultural movement whose adherents advocate
by gaur 10y ago
> The vision of social relations that sustains transgenderism is the so-called postgenderism: a social, political and cultural movement whose adherents advocate a voluntary abolition of gender, rendered possible by recent scientific progress in biotechnology and reproductive technologies.
What a bizarre claim.
- Bartweiss 10y agoNot just bizarre, but actively backwards. There's a decent amount of conflict between people advocating "no one is gendered" postgenderism and transgender people going "I'm suffering for my gender identity, get out of here with that nonsense". I'm a bit baffled by the claim that "I am gender A, not gender B" is somehow a call for "abolition of gender".
- slavik81 10y agoUnless I misunderstood, I thought that was part of the conflict they're discussing.
- justinpombrio 10y agoUnfortunately, the writing style makes it almost impossible to tell.
- chongli 10y agoŽižek is a challenging read if you're not accustomed to it. Typical for a philosopher (or indeed any expert), he uses technical terms with the assumption that the reader knows them or at least will take the time to look them up.