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But the question "what is a woman" is trying to get at finding this honesty. Even many allegedly highly educated professors respond to that with the answer "any

But the question "what is a woman" is trying to get at finding this honesty. Even many allegedly highly educated professors respond to that with the answer "anyone that feels like one," which is an absurd and and demands the obvious response "but what is that thing?" Simply because a position can be correctly assailed with such a blunt question does not mean the criticism is not valid. Of course, it doesn't.

thephyber 1y ago
The professors are likely willing to differentiate between biological sex and gender. Kirk purposefully conflated the two to suit his debate needs.
- ETH_start 1y ago
  The question doesn't predispose that one consider sex synonymous with gender.
  - thephyber 1y ago
    The question was never the problem. It was always how Kirk chose to respond after the answer.
    - ETH_start 1y ago
      The problem was the answer was self-referential, e.g. "anyone who identifies as a woman"
- dinkumthinkum 1y ago
  But you haven't made a point, the question remains: "what is that thing?"