Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Dr. Tomas Bogardus discusses contemporary philosophical analysis of sex and gender, defending a traditional understanding of these terms.

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:32 What are the main views about gender?
17:03 What's the difference between sex and gender?
27:52 Why think sex terms are social constructions?
35:29 Societal consequences for biological realism regarding sex
39:05 Intentional revision of sex terms?
44:35 Dr. Bogardus: What is a woman?
45:04 Woman: Adult human female
55:24 Can trans-women be women on this account?
01:12:38 But still, should we revise the meaning of our terms?