How to Solve the Gender Inclusion Problem

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ID12147362
AuthorsCameron Domenico Kirk‐giannini (0000-0001-9372-227X, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author)
Year2025
Pages1-25
Publication date2025-01-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHypatia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0887-5367 • E-ISSN: 1527-2001
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/hyp.2024.95
OpenAlexW4406781217
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited27

The inclusion problem for theories of gender arises when those theories inappropriately fail to include certain individuals in the gender categories to which they ought to belong. The inclusion problem affects both of the most influential traditions in feminist theorizing about gender: social-position accounts and identity accounts. I argue that the inclusion problem can be solved by adopting a structured theory of gender, which incorporates aspects of both social-position accounts and identity accounts. According to the theory I favor, an individual’s gender is determined by their gender identity if they have one; otherwise, it is determined by their social position. My structured theory of gender offers a more direct solution to the gender inclusion problem than alternatives recently advocated by Barnes (2020), Jenkins (2023), and others. It also points the way to a simple solution to inclusion problems that arise at the level of gendered language

Economics · Epistemology · Gender identity · Gender schema theory · Identity (music · Inclusion (mineral · Position (finance · Simple (philosophy · Social group · Social identity theory · Social science · Sociology · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Gender Studies · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology · Social Psychology

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