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New Statesman | What is gender, anyway?

16 May, 201621 February, 2017 ~ Sarah Ditum

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In the US and UK, politicians want to enshrine respect for “gender identity” into law. The only problem? There is no scientific consensus on what gender is.

Read the full article at the New Statesman

 

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