Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Joan Smith on the UK Supreme Court’s decision to uphold biological sex over gender identity, Sophie Gilbert on how porn has shaped our culture, and Erika Bachiochi on what women need to gladly pursue family life. Plus: maximizing motherhood, a pro-natalist convention, grandparents reach their limit, what marriage and motherhood have to do with the happiness of women—and more!
Fairer Disputations joins in the celebration over the recent UK Supreme Court decision ruling on biological sex over gender identity. Here, Joan Smith breaks down the ruling.
Next, Sophie Gilbert takes a deep dive into how porn has shaped the world we live in today.
Bachiochi argues that, to heal the growing divide between men and women, men must take the lead—not by aggressively asserting their dominance, but by demonstrating to women that they can be trusted.
More Great Reads:
- The Pro-Baby Coalition of the Far Right, Elizabeth Breunig, The Atlantic
- Motherhood Can’t Be Maximized, Beatrice Scudeler, The Dispatch
- Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit, Faith Hill, The Atlantic
- Porn is Normalising Violent Misogyny, Josephine Bartosch, UnHerd
- Domestic, Not Domesticated, Emily Hancock, Alata Magazine
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Fairer Disputations recently co-sponsored an event, “In Pursuit: What Do Marriage and Motherhood Have to do with the Happiness of Women?” If you couldn’t be there in person, the keynote panel is now available to watch, featuring Kate Bachelder Odell, Michelle Goldberg, Brett Cooper, Michel Martin, and Fairer Disputations Featured Author Louise Perry:
