{"product_id":"material-girls-kathleen-stock-9780349726625","title":"Material Girls","description":"\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\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\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\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\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":"New","offer_id":46961169367283,"sku":"9780349726625","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9780349726625.jpg?v=1746475319","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/material-girls-kathleen-stock-9780349726625","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}