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Book SynopsisTransgenderism in the twenty-first century is patriarchy emblazoned in imperial form. At a time when supposedly enlightened attitudes are championed by the mainstream, philosopher and activist Heather Brunskell-Evans shows how, in plain view under the guise of liberalism, a regressive men’s rights movement is posing a massive threat to the human rights of women and children everywhere. This movement is transgender politics which, while spouting platitudes about equality, is in reality colonising and erasing the bodies, agency and autonomy of women and children, while asserting men’s rights to bodily intrusion into every social and personal space. The transgender agenda redefines diversity and inclusion utilising the language of victimhood. In a complete reversal of feminist gender critical analyses, sex and gender are redefined: identity is now called ‘innate’ (a ‘feeling’ located somewhere in the body) and biological sex is said to be socially constructed (and hence changeable). This ensures a lifetime of drug dependency for transitioners, thereby delivering vast profits for Big Pharma in a capitalist dream. Everyone, including every trans person, has the right to live freely without discrimination. But the transgender movement has been hijacked by misogynists who are appropriating and inverting the struggles of feminism to deliver an agenda devoid of feminist principles. In a chilling twist, when feminists critique the patriarchal status quo it is now they who are alleged to be extremists for not allowing men’s interests to control the political narrative. Institutions whose purpose is to defend human rights now interpret truth speech as hate speech, and endorse the no-platforming of women as ethical. This brave, truthful and eye-opening book does not shirk from the challenge of meeting the politics of liberalism and transgender rights head on. Everyone who cares about the future of women’s and children’s rights must read it.
Table of ContentsPrologue My raised consciousness Chapter One: Women's bodies 1.1 What is a Woman? Women with Penises: Queer Theory Transwomen are women: Get over it Affirmative psychology: A man is a woman if he says he is 1.2 Shaming Gender Critical Feminists Intersectional feminism 1.3 A Woman Is an Adult Human Female Women’s bodies and binary sex Pregnancy and reproduction Pregnant men Reclaiming biology Gender neutrality Lesbians: Same-sex attraction or 'lesbians' with penises? Lesbians are adult human females Patriarchy Chapter Two: Girls’ Bodies 2.1 The ‘Transboy’ Trans affirmative psychotherapy A girl is a boy if she says she is The ‘transboy’ and ‘his’ body: Hormone therapy The ‘transboy’s’ existential ‘choice’ to use hormone treatment 2.2 A Girl Is a Young Human Female Sex/Gender Clinical psychology Muzzling dissent 2.3 The Sacrificial ‘Transboy’ The iatrogenic ‘transboy’ The body De-transitioners: Kiera Bell Chapter Three: The Body Politic 3.1 Queering the law and social policy The Gender Recognition Act 2004 ‘Feminist’ politicians speak with one voice The erosion of single-sex spaces A Woman’s Place is standing her ground 3.2 The Trans Human Rights Paradigm Women’s prisons The case of Karen White The authoritarian left: the case of the Labour Party Intersectionalist Feminism 3.3 The Transgender Empire Sex matters Diversity and exclusion Declaration on women’s sex-based rights The Butlerian jihad Power, medicine and the law Resistance Epilogue References Acknowledgements
