Transgender Body Politics - Couverture souple

Brunskell-Evans, Heather

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1925950220 ISBN 13 : 9781925950229

Editeur : Spinifex Press, 2020

Synopsis

Transgenderism in the twenty-first century is patriarchy emblazoned in imperial form. At a time when supposedly enlightened attitudes are championed by the mainstream, philosopher and activist Heather Brunskell-Evans shows how, in plain view under the guise of liberalism, a regressive men’s rights movement is posing a massive threat to the human rights of women and children everywhere. This movement is transgender politics which, while spouting platitudes about equality, is in reality colonising and erasing the bodies, agency and autonomy of women and children, while asserting men’s rights to bodily intrusion into every social and personal space. The transgender agenda redefines diversity and inclusion utilising the language of victimhood. In a complete reversal of feminist gender critical analyses, sex and gender are redefined: identity is now called ‘innate’ (a ‘feeling’ located somewhere in the body) and biological sex is said to be socially constructed (and hence changeable). This ensures a lifetime of drug dependency for transitioners, thereby delivering vast profits for Big Pharma in a capitalist dream. Everyone, including every trans person, has the right to live freely without discrimination. But the transgender movement has been hijacked by misogynists who are appropriating and inverting the struggles of feminism to deliver an agenda devoid of feminist principles. In a chilling twist, when feminists critique the patriarchal status quo it is now they who are alleged to be extremists for not allowing men’s interests to control the political narrative. Institutions whose purpose is to defend human rights now interpret truth speech as hate speech, and endorse the no-platforming of women as ethical. This brave, truthful and eye-opening book does not shirk from the challenge of meeting the politics of liberalism and transgender rights head on. Everyone who cares about the future of women’s and children’s rights must read it. The micro-politics and the macro-politics of identity interact to form one of the most misogynistic expressions of patriarchy in recent times under the guise of equality, diversity and inclusion.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Heather Brunskell-Evans is a social theorist and philosopher who specialises in ethics, medicine, sex, and gender. Having been an academic for nearly three decades, she is now also working on national and international political agendas driving the rights of women and girls. She is a Spokeswoman for FiLiA, a feminist charity; a Member of Management Committee for OBJECT a campaigning organisation, where she also contributes to research on surrogacy; and Co-author of Declaration of Women's Sex Based Rights. You can read more of her writing at www.heather-brunskell-evans.co.uk.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Spinifex Press
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1925950220
• ISBN 13: 9781925950229
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 130
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: eucomply OÜ; hello@eucompliancepartner.com; ; Pärnu mnt 139b-14; Tallinn; 11317; Estonie