Mere Fidelity

The Genesis of Gender, with Dr. Abigail Favale

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Feb 16, 2023
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Essence of the Gender Paradigm

  • The gender paradigm is a framework that replaces a creator-based world with human self-creation and denies fixed human nature.
  • It views reality, identity, and sex as social constructs shaped by language and institutional power.
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Judith Butler's Gender Theory Impact

  • Gender traditionally meant social expression of biological sex but theory evolved to claim even biological sex is constructed.
  • Judith Butler's work transformed gender into a "Pac-Man monster" swallowing sex, leading to current confusion.
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Social Expression of Humanity

  • Human identity is always socially expressed; artificial constructions like language and clothing are essential to our humanity.
  • These social constructs, while artificial, are necessary expressions of biological sex and human nature.
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