On Gender and Sex, Psychology and Biology
Tuesday, November 12, 2019 12:12
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11 November 2019 (Wall Street International)* — This is the second in a series of articles about gender. I am one of the founders of the field of gender and have worked in that field nurturing its various crops for many seasons. Thus, I have strong opinions on gender transitioning and I believe that I have earned the right to speak authoritatively on the subject. Although there is much mischief afoot in this regard, including the paradoxical attempt in the academy to silence debate and discussion, there is no progress in ideas or actions without diversity of perspectives and critical thought. We must expose this complex issue to the light of day.
Gender and Transgender | Imge from Wall Street International Magazine.
The rigid and traditional gender system of the Western cultures is only that and not science nor handed down from on high.
Many of us have worked long and hard to demonstrate that it is a social convention and not a scientific reality. Anyone who is interested can review the forty something years of research and writing in the various disciplines, including the social sciences and the “harder sciences”.
*Ellyn Kaschak
Ellyn Kaschak, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Psychology, San Jose State University, Visiting Professor, University for Peace, Costa Rica and the author/editor of numerous articles and 12 books, including Sight Unseen: Gender and Race through Blind Eyes and Engendered Lives:A New Psychology of Women’s Experience.
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*Ellyn Kaschak‘s article was published in Wall Street International. Go to Original.
