Gender abolitionism: Difference between revisions

'''Gender abolitionism''' broadly refers to viewpoints that advocate the dissolution of [[Gender role|gender roles]] and gender norms.<ref>Cull, Matthew J. 2019. “Against Abolition”. ''Feminist Philosophy Quarterly'' 5 (3). https://doi.org/10.5206/fpq/2019.3.5898.</ref> A related term is '''postgenderism''', the idea that human culture should advance beyond gender.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgenderism</ref>

One source writes that "gender abolition is about dismantling the basal structures of the [[sexism|patriarchy]], not about barring people from expressing their identity" and that "gender abolition does not prevent people from engaging with [[masculinity]] and [[femininity]] and constructing their identities around those concepts."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cherwell.org/2021/10/09/gender-abolition-why-it-matters/ |title=Gender abolition: Why it matters |date=9 October 2021 |author=Anonymous |work=Cherwell}}</ref>