I conclude that the main thesis of the book helps reproduce rather than resist their deleterious material consequences for the lives and bodies of women and children. In this review, I demonstrate the book’s troubling alignment with the philosophy of gender identity theory and queer politics. On the other hand, she is not seamlessly aligned with gender critical theory and gender-critical activism. In this current hostile social climate, Stock has thus achieved a victory in getting the fact that biology matters into the public domain. On the one hand, she makes a case that dimorphic sex is an immutable biological reality and that this matters for women socially and politically. However, at risk of losing support from my own “side,” I suggest it is important we pause, take a breath, and reflect on Stock’s broad thesis. “The book has been received by gender-critical feminists, of whom I am one, to almost unanimous critical acclaim. Kathleen Stock’s Material Girls makes a significant theoretical and practical contribution to gender identity politics and how to balance the human rights of people who identify as trans-she largely discusses “trans women”-and women.
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