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Articles in Philosophy & Religion tagged with Gender and Sexuality

Becca Rothfeld

Feminist arguments against body modification are a dead end.

Robin Dembroff, Paisley Currah

Trans-inclusive policies are essential, but efforts to establish them must not lose sight of the structural oppressions that trans people face. 

Alice Crary

How four women defended ethical thought from the legacy of positivism.

M. Andler
Apps like Tinder and OkCupid should make an ethical commitment to freeing their services from a gender binary. It would help all users, queer and straight alike.
Mark D. Jordan
Against the philosopher’s dying wish, the final volume of History of Sexuality has now been published. How should we approach it, and what can it teach us about how Christianity shaped the modern self?
Becca Rothfeld

On feminism, sex, and the ethics of desire.

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