Friday Philosophy
Author:
David Gordon
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Who’s Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024; 308 pp. Judith Butler is a well-known feminist theorist, and one approaches her latest book with interest, all the more so because of its puzzling title. By “gender,” Butler means the view that the roles of men and women in society are not determined by biology but vary in