Welcome to the weekly Fairer Disputations round-up: your one-stop shop for the best in sex-realist feminism. This week: Serena Sigillito on hospital births, Mary Harrington on sex realism and the Secret Service, Abigail Shrier on California’s new gender identity law, Barbie’s girls, parents and the marriage market, FD recommends a book—and more!
First, editor Serena Sigillito writes on how hospitals’ focus on data-driven birth can lead to dehumanization and trauma—and offers suggestions for making hospital births positive and empowering for mothers.
Next, Featured Author Mary Harrington on the response to the Trump assassination attempt and Secret Service, and a sex-realist feminism that accepts the need for sex segregation in certain contexts.
Finally, Abigail Shrier draws attention to the new California law allowing schools to socially transition children without informing their parents.
More Great Reads:
- When We Outsource Every Hard Thing, What Do We Lose?, Ivana Greco, Public Discourse
- Barbie’s Girls and Hannah’s Children, Marlo Slayback, Modern Age
- Do Feminists Speak for All Women?, Victoria Smith, The Critic
- Why Parents Don’t Mind If Their Kids Don’t Marry, Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic
- The Hidden Marriage Market, Rob Henderson, Rob Henderson’s Newsletter
Fairer Disputations Recommends:
Why has feminism has so often served the interests of a small class of wealthy, high-status women at the expense of the young, mothers, and women with fewer resources? Featured Author Mary Harrington offers an answer in Feminism Against Progress, a must-read for those seeking a feminist critique of the progressive view of history.
Want a sneak peek? Check out our review from Carl A. Trueman, who calls it “powerful and deeply moving.” Or read our exclusive excerpt: “Resisting the Culture of Chronic Disassociation.”
Read it already, and want to engage further? Check out our Feminism Against Progress symposium, with essays from Elise Bohan, Rachel Lu, Megan Murphy, and Elayne Allen.
