On the Meaning of Sex

Thoughts about the New Definition of Woman

Kajsa Ekis Ekman ; Translated by Kristina Maki

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Spinifex Press
01 December 2022

Society & Social Sciences; Feminism & feminist theory

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 himself 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.

By: Kajsa Ekis Ekman ; Translated by Kristina Maki
Imprint: Spinifex Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 15mm
ISBN: 9781925950663
ISBN 10: 1925950662
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kajsa Ekis Ekman was born in Stockholm. She 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 Soedertoern University and is author of Skulden - eurokrisen sedd fran Aten (Debt as a Weapon: The euro crisis seen from Athens, Leopard Foerlag, 2013). She has founded the network, Feminists Against Surrogacy and the climate action group, Klimax.