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gender-critical

gender-critical adjective: critically examining the role of gender in a text, a person’s experiences, etc.

Adjective

gender-critical (comparative more gender-critical, superlative most gender-critical)

  1. Critically examining the role of gender in a text, a person’s experiences, etc.
    • […] in order to understand the nature of gender in society and the domination of men in most forms of social life, one needs to take a gender-critical perspective of both men and women and the interrelations between them (Evans, 1988); and, in order to bring about any enduring gender equity, men...1995, Terry Evans, “Under Cover of Night: (Re)Gendering Mathematics and Science Education”, in Lesley H. Parker, Léonie J. Rennie, Barry J. Fraser, editors, Gender, Science and Mathematics...
    • A decade or more later, it is instructive to consider the status of both feminist and gender-critical approaches to the study of religion. As I have argued elsewhere, despite the ubiquity of gendering as a cultural practice, its significance within religion systems, and its foundational role in...2004, Randi R. Warne, “New Approaches to the Study of Religion in North America”, in Peter Antes, Armin W. Geertz, Randi R. Warne, editors, New Approaches to the Study of Religion, volume 1, Berlin...
  2. (neologism) Espousing, characteristic of, or relating to gender-critical feminism.
    • As a gender critical feminist and an attorney, I have been analyzing the legal and medical conflation of gender with sex for years.2013 August 2, Elizabeth Hungerford, “Sex Is Not Gender”, in CounterPunch, retrieved 06 Dec 2022
    • I don’t believe that all, or even most, ‘gender-critical’ editorials genuinely set out to make our lives harder: more that their writers don’t realise the impact they can have in the structure outlined above.2014 August 6, Juliet Jacques, “On the ‘Dispute’ Between Radical Feminism and Trans People”, in New Statesmen, London, retrieved 06 Dec 2022
    Synonyms:
    GC

Examples of gender-critical in a sentence

  • A decade or more later, it is instructive to consider the status of both feminist and gender-critical approaches to the study of religion.2004, Randi R. Warne, “New Approaches to the Study of Religion in North America”, in Peter Antes, Armin W. Geertz, Randi R. Warne, editors...
  • Gender-critical exploration of biblical literature remains a relatively new enterprise.2014, Julia M. O'Brien, “Preface”, in Julia M. O'Brien, editor, Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Gender Studies, volume 1, New York...
  • This sort of mistreatment reflects the ideologies of trans-exclusionary radical feminism, popular amongst certain gender-critical lesbian groups.2016 June 29, Polly Anna Rocha, “Pride & Prejudice”, in San Antonio Current, San Antonio, Texas: Euclid Media Group, retrieved 06 Dec 2022...
  • I assume that this referred to my gender-critical stance.”2018 October 30, Anna Fazackerley, “UK Universities Struggle to Deal with ‘Toxic’ Trans Rights Row”, in The Guardian, London, retrieved 06...

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Forms of gender-critical

comparativemore gender-critical
superlativemost gender-critical
alternative formgender critical

Words formed from gender-critical

Phrases with gender-critical

Questions about gender-critical

What does gender-critical mean?
Gender-critical means critically examining the role of gender in a text, a person’s experiences, etc.
How do you use gender-critical in a sentence?
A decade or more later, it is instructive to consider the status of both feminist and gender-critical approaches to the study of religion.
What part of speech is gender-critical?
Gender-critical is an adjective.

Words near gender-critical in the dictionary

  1. gender-balanced
  2. gender-bender
  3. gender-benders
  4. gender-binary
  5. gender-blind
  6. gender-critical
  7. gender-critical feminism
  8. gender-critical feminisms
  9. gender-critical feminist
  10. gender-critical feminists
  11. gender-dysphoric

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