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Did Feminism Create Transgender Ideology? A Symposium

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Feminists of all stripes have frequently been blamed for the creation and propagation of transgender ideology. Is this blame misplaced? If not, how far should the blame go? In our latest symposium, three Featured Authors weigh in, offering three very different answers to this question.

Start by watching Louise Perry’s video, and then click the images below to read responses by Abigail Favale and Holly Lawford-Smith.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Louise Perry is a writer, broadcaster, and host of Maiden Mother Matriarch, a podcast about sexual politics. Her bestselling book, The Case Against the Sexual Revolution, was published in 2022.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Holly Lawford-Smith is an Associate Professor in Political Philosophy at the University of Melbourne. Her book Sex Matters came out in July 2023 with Oxford University Press, and her most recent book, Is It Wrong to Buy Sex? came out in March 2024 with Routledge.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abigail Favale is a writer, speaker, and professor in the McGrath Institute at the University of Notre Dame. She earned her PhD from St. Andrews University, focusing on religious revision in postmodern French feminism. Her most recent book, The Genesis of Gender, was published in 2022.
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