Social Constructs (or, ’What is A Woman, Really?’)

What are social constructs, and why do some people get so upset about them? 🚗🔧🚗 Twitter: @PhilosophyTube Email: philosophytubebusiness@ BIBLIOGRAPHY: Ásta, Categories We Live By Ásta, “Précis: Categories We Live By,” in Journal of Social Ontology Katie J.M. Baker, “The Road to TERFdom,” in Lux Simone De Beauvoir, Le Deuxième Sexe Talia Mae Bettcher, “Trapped in the Wrong Theory,” in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society Richard Boyd, “Homeostasis, Species and Higher Taxa,” in Species Judith Butler, Gender Trouble Kevin Duong, “Gender Trouble in France: An Interview with Camille Robcis, “ in Jacobin Lori Gershick, “Out of Compliance: Masculine-Identified People in Women’s Prisons,” in Captive Genders Jules Joanne Gleeson, “How Do Gender Transitions Happen?” in Transgender Marxism Aaron Griffith, “Individualistic and Structural Explanations in Ásta’s Categories We Live By,” in Journal of Social Ontology Sally Haslanger, “But Mom, You’re Wrong. Crop-Tops Are Cute!” in Resisting Reality Sally Haslanger, “What is a (Social) Structural Explanation?” in Philosophical Studies Katharine Jenkins, “Conferralism and Intersectionality: A Response to Ásta’s Categories We Live By,” in Journal of Social Ontology Rosa Lee, “Judith Butler’s Scientific Revolution,” in Transgender Marxism Ron Mallon, The Construction of Human Kinds Plutarch, Theseus Amie Thomasson, “Foundations for a Social Ontology,” in ProtoSociology Special Thanks to Edd China and the Workshop Diaries Team! Adorable Platypus Footage By Getty