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― Who’s Afraid of Gender?
― Who’s Afraid of Gender?
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― Who's Afraid of Gender?
― Who's Afraid of Gender?
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― Who's Afraid of Gender?
― Who's Afraid of Gender?
“Although interpreted as a backlash against progressive movements, anti–gender ideology is driven by a stronger wish, namely, the restoration of a patriarchal dream-order where a father is a father; a sexed identity never changes; women, conceived as “born female at birth,” resume their natural and “moral” positions within the household; and white people hold uncontested racial supremacy.”
― Who's Afraid of Gender?
― Who's Afraid of Gender?
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