Title: The metaphysics of gender /
Authors: Witt, Charlotte, 1951-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Gender identity Philosophy.; Essentialism (Philosophy); Sex role Philosophy.; Sex Philosophy; Feminist theory.
Abstract: 'The Metaphysics of Gender' is a book about gender essentialism what it is and why it might be true.
Contents: Two notions of essence -- Gender and social normativity -- Human organisms, social individuals, and persons -- The argument for gender essentialism -- The person, the social individual, and the self -- Epilogue: gender essentialism and feminist politics.