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The Sex/Gender Distinction and the Social Construction of Reality

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Haslanger, Sally
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Abstract
The claim that gender (or other categories) is socially constructed is broadly accepted, but what this means is controversial and often unclear. In this chapter, I will sketch some different meanings of the claim that something is socially constructed and why these claims matter. For the purposes of this chapter, my focus will be to consider how the different senses of construction might apply especially in the case of gender.
Date issued
2017
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116902
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Linguistics and Philosophy
Journal
Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Citation
Haslanger, Sally. "The Sex/Gender Distinction and the Social Construction of Reality." The Routledge Companion to Feminist Philosophy. Ed. Ann Garry, Serene J. Khader, and Alison Stone, Basingstoke: Taylor & Francis Ltd., 2017.
Version: Author's final manuscript
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9781138795921
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