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Dembroff was raised in a conservative fundamentalist Christian household and, although they were "a [[gender nonconforming]] kid from the start", they remained closeted until the age of 21. They were mostly homeschooled before attending The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, a fundamentalist Christian college known as Biola for short, where they majored in philosophy. Spiritually, they are now agnostic.<ref name="Sosis">{{Cite web |title=Robin Dembroff Interview |author=Sosis, Cliff |work=What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? |date=August 22, 2019 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |url= http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/robin-dembroff/}}</ref> They went on to attend the University of Notre Dame and Princeton University for further philosophy education. | Dembroff was raised in a conservative fundamentalist Christian household and, although they were "a [[gender nonconforming]] kid from the start", they remained closeted until the age of 21. They were mostly homeschooled before attending The Bible Institute of Los Angeles, a fundamentalist Christian college known as Biola for short, where they majored in philosophy. Spiritually, they are now agnostic.<ref name="Sosis">{{Cite web |title=Robin Dembroff Interview |author=Sosis, Cliff |work=What Is It Like to Be a Philosopher? |date=August 22, 2019 |access-date=September 1, 2020 |url= http://www.whatisitliketobeaphilosopher.com/robin-dembroff/}}</ref> They went on to attend the University of Notre Dame and Princeton University for further philosophy education. | ||
== Work == | |||
Dembroff has written multiple articles with implications for non-binary gender. | |||
In "Beyond the Binary: Genderqueer as Critical Kind", Dembroff argues that, through their focus on only "men" and "women", previous approaches to understanding the metaphysics of contribute to "systematic misunderstandings" of genderqueer persons (here used as an umbrella term)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dembroff|first=Robin|date=2020|title=Beyond Binary: Genderqueer as Critical Gender Kind|url=https://philpapers.org/rec/DEMBBG-2|journal=Philosophers' Imprint|volume=20|issue=9|pages=1–23}}</ref>. Dembroff proposes a new concept, "critical gender kinds", defined as groups whose members subvert dominant gender ideologies. Since genderqueer people reject exclusive categorization as a binary gender, Dembroff argues that they constitute a possible "critical gender kind". | |||
In "He/She/They/Ze", Dembroff (with Daniel Wodak) makes an argument against using gendered pronouns to refer to genderqueer individuals.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Dembroff|first=Robin; Wodak|date=2018|title=He/She/They/Ze|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.12405314.0005.014|journal=Ergo, an Open Access Journal of Philosophy|volume=5|doi=https://doi.org/10.3998/ergo.12405314.0005.014|issn=2330-4014}}</ref> The authors also defend a more radical claim, asserting that there are ethical reasons to reject using gendered pronouns in general. | |||
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