Category: What is a woman?
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Byrne on “Trans women are women!” – Part 2 – the evidence of testimony
Are “trans women” really women? Why not just ask them?
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Byrne on “Trans women are women!” – Part 1 – an axiom?!
Why think it is true that all trans women are women, even if they have not had ‘reassignment’ surgery or hormonal treatments?
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Byrne on intersex people as an objection to AHF
Do people with “intersex” conditions show that a woman need not be a female?
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what (almost) all of us know about men and women
What we all know about men and women – at least, until we drink the gender Kool-Aid.
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Byrne’s sixth argument for AHF – the words “female” and “woman” can be interchanged
We don’t like to hear the same word over and over. . .
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Byrne’s fifth argument for AHF: gender role reversal scenarios show that being a woman is not a matter of one’s social role
Check out this 10 minute short film. (Content warning: a little non-sexual nudity, and there is verbal sexual abuse here – although the shoe is on the other foot.) This is an imaginary situation, call it a “world.” There are people there who physically resemble what we call “men” in our world (i.e. in reality).…
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Byrne’s fourth argument for AHF – the similar case of girls
Philosopher Dr. Alex Byrne (MIT) compares the concepts girl and woman.
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Byrne’s third argument for AHF, “Eve” and “Adam”
Remember that AHF is the thesis that Necessarily, something is a woman if and only if it is an adult human female. Let me unpack that “if and only if.” The above statement is really a conjunction of two claims, namely: 1. Necessarily, if something is a woman then it is an adult human female.…
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Byrne’s second argument for AHF and analytic truths
Is a woman by definition an adult human female? If so, what is there to argue about?
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Byrne’s first argument for AHF
Could all the dictionary authors be so mistaken?