On the Meaning of Sex: Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman

A new definition of woman has taken hold in Western societies. Instead of a matter of biology and material reality, we are told it is an identity. Anyone who declares herself to be a woman is a woman; the body has henceforth become irrelevant. Gender, we are told, is a spectrum, and it resides in the mind. In countries such as Norway, Canada, Argentina, and Australia, laws have been enacted that give anyone the right to change his or her legal sex, irrespective of whether the person has had a medical procedure. At the same time, the industry for gender reassignment surgery is growing at an unprecedented pace. Seven out of 10 teenagers who seek treatment are now girls. The new definition of sex has been hailed as progressive. But is it really? And is it new? In this groundbreaking book, Swedish feminist and Marxist author Kajsa Ekis Ekman traces the ideological roots of this new definition.

Author: Kajsa Ekis Ekman
Publisher: Spinifex Press
Published: 02/07/2023
Pages: 342
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781925950663
ISBN10: 1925950662
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Human Rights
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory

About the Author
Stockholm born, Kajsa Ekis Ekman writes for the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter and is on the editorial collective of the anarchist magazine Brand. She has an MA in Literature from Södertörn University and is author of Skulden - eurokrisen sedd från Aten (Leopard Förlag 2013). She has founded the network delete comma, Feminists Against Surrogacy, and the climate action group, Klimax.