In this episode, I briefly go into the difference between sex and gender and destabilise the idea that sex is something permanent, while gender is flexible. In fact, both are somewhat unstable. Listen in to know more!

Materials referred:

Butler, J. (1993). Bodies that matter: On the discursive limits of “sex.” Routledge.

Delphy, C. (1993). Rethinking sex and gender. Women’s Studies International Forum, 16(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/0277-5395(93)90076-L

Fausto-Sterling, A. (2000). Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality.

Haraway, D. (2013). Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203873106

Prosser, J. (1998). Second skins: The body narratives of transsexuality. Columbia University Press.

Rosario, V. A. (2004). The Biology of Gender and the Construction of Sex? GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies, 10(2), 280–287. https://doi.org/10.1215/10642684-10-2-280

Zimman, L. (2014). The discursive construction of sex: Remaking and reclaiming the gendered body in talk about genitals among trans men. 24.