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Ava's avatar

I just went back and listened to the last part of the episode, and they do talk about alternative terms like "body affirming care" and "synthetic sex identities," but nothing that would directly replace "gender ideology" (one of them did suggest the plural though). The only substitutes I can think of are all pretty demeaning, like gender nonsense/delusion/obsession. Maybe there should be a BARpod contest to come up with a new term!

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What do you think about "gender dogma"? Except that this would imply a unity and coherence of thought that isn't present, as you so aptly captured with the distinction between "the postmodernist Butlerites and the gendered-soul people."

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Ava's avatar

Yeah, there has to be room under the umbrella for all the motivations people might have for believing so strongly in the importance of gender. Maybe "the gender movement" is broad enough? Or maybe "gender mythology" would capture both factions.

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