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Gender under scrutiny – Whose gender?

Mackay, Finn

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Finn Mackay Finn.Mackay@uwe.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Sociology



Abstract

This article will argue that there is no war on gender, in the context of the so-called ‘gender wars’. The dominant binary model of gender as male, masculine, heterosexual or female, feminine, heterosexual is not under scrutiny. There is an old and ongoing attempt to control sex, gender and sexuality and constrain and construct what these mean for the benefit of the patriarchal status quo. Rather than a war on gender, there is a war on identities, relationships and families that are the ‘wrong’ gender, other to the heterosexual nuclear family.

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 1, 2024
Online Publication Date Jan 2, 2025
Deposit Date Jan 8, 2025
Publicly Available Date Jan 3, 2026
Journal British Journal of Psychotherapy
Print ISSN 0265-9883
Electronic ISSN 1752-0118
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/bjp.12943
Keywords trans; feminism; gender
Public URL https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/13598700
Additional Information Published: 2025-01-02

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