An even bigger problem is that it mixes plenty of culture war stories in with descriptions of the science. The latter two are clearly not scientific, but the book does not clearly enough demarcate what is and isn't of scientific standard, in my opinion. The book mixes scientific findings, anecdotal information, and the author's own opinions throughout. In particular, as someone with both undergraduate and postgraduate academic training in the medical sciences, I found plenty of things to be concerned about in the book.įirstly, let's talk about the style of writing. The book emphasizes the need to do good science and resist unscientific biases and social pressures throughout, but I don't think it has lived up to this promise in reality. However, when I actually got the opportunity to read the book, I was left a little disappointed, to be honest. This alone had got me excited, because I believe the current discourse around sex and gender has too much unscientific philosophy and theory, and too little reference to the facts of biological science. The End Of Gender claims to debunk 'the myths about sex and identity in our society' in a way that is 'backed by science and facts'. This time, I want to look at what is in the book itself. Last time, we looked at the reaction to Debra Soh's The End Of Gender among gender critical feminist circles, and what we can learn from that. Welcome back to Trans Deeper, a show where we take a deeper look at what people are saying in the trans conversation, and whether their claims are valid or not.
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