Response-Dependence, Misgendering, and Passing: A Comment on Ásta’s Categories We Live By

Response-Dependence, Misgendering, and Passing: A Comment on Ásta’s Categories We Live By

This comment on Ásta’s Categories we live by: the construction of sex, gender, race, and other social categories discusses Ásta’s arguments that the conferralist view on social properties does better than a response-dependence view concerning gender. Her key argument is that a response-dependence do...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Díaz-León Esa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Social Ontology
Subjects:
conferralism
gender
response-dependence
misgendering
passing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jso-2020-2005
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Summary:This comment on Ásta’s Categories we live by: the construction of sex, gender, race, and other social categories discusses Ásta’s arguments that the conferralist view on social properties does better than a response-dependence view concerning gender. Her key argument is that a response-dependence does not allow for mistakes. This comment tries to show that a response-dependence view can accommodate misgendering and passing.
ISSN:2196-9655
2196-9663

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