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Jemimah
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Very interesting. Favale talks about biology and how that defines gender. A controversial take nowadays, which is hilarious. She's also honest about her previous misconceptions that gender is more of a construct.
I will say, at the end, Favale, being a Catholic, shares a rather, unique perspective about Christ. All to do with Eucharist. If you know you know.
— Oct 21, 2025 12:02AM
I will say, at the end, Favale, being a Catholic, shares a rather, unique perspective about Christ. All to do with Eucharist. If you know you know.
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Jemimah
is on page 100 of 248
This chapter blew my mind! Fevale talked about society's disconnect between a woman and her fertility, and the overall assumption now that a woman should be sterile by default. She mentioned the origins of the transgender movement and contraction. Seriously, mind blown! 🤯
— Oct 18, 2025 09:40PM
Jemimah
is on page 73 of 248
An interesting but technical chapter. I found myself constantly looking up words, so a slow read, but a good one. Favale talked about the different types and waves of feminism, their ideologies and authors that promote them. Also How mainstream feminism often drifts from Christianity. Very good, and quite controversial in our pc culture.
— Oct 16, 2025 12:37AM
Jemimah
is on page 45 of 248
Again, such a good chapter! Favale talks about the creation story in Genesis and how it parallels to other creation stories. She then talks about Adam and Eve, and the fall. Again, many good quotes!
— Oct 14, 2025 11:56PM
Jemimah
is on page 28 of 248
What a book! Dense but interesting. So far, Favale has talked about her history of being a feminist, and is very honest about her shortfalls when she was caught up in feminism over Christianity. She is clear that feminism and Christianity align, but it has to be led by scripture and ultimately Jesus.
— Oct 14, 2025 10:19PM
"Feminist thought, for reasons described above, is overwhelmingly antiessentialist, and to escape the tension caused by rejecting essentialism on the one hand, while retaining a woman-centered movement on the other, many feminists appeal to nominalism."
"I’ve seen similar permutations elsewhere: people with a cervix, chest-feeders, birthing parents—linguistic somersaults to speak about female bodies without using the term woman. This strikes me as the dehumanizing, function-based approach."
"There is no third sex. There is no spectrum of possible sexes. In the process of sexual development, there can be variations that lead to atypical manifestations of maleness and femaleness. In 99.98% of these cases, sex is readily recognizable as unambiguously male or female. Categorizing these individuals as “intersex” or “other” leads to the idea that some women are “more” or “less” female based on how closely their bodies approximate the norm. Am I “less” female because I have more facial and body hair than the ideal? Am I less of a woman because, as I was told in high school, my legs look like a man’s legs? This way of thinking draws a narrow, superficial box around maleness and femaleness and demeans anyone who falls outside its bounds. The 0.02% of cases where sex is not readily identifiable do not represent a third sex or points on a spectrum. Even here, sex is present and must be discerned with an attention to the whole person and supporting his or her physical health."
"Co-opting the existence of intersex people to promote a postmodern understanding of sex and gender is unjust. The most humanizing and precise way to view CCSDs is to understand these conditions not as exceptions from the sex binary, but as variations within the binary. We need to make room within the boxes of male and female for a diverse range of body types and personalities. We do not need to abolish the boxes altogether."