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Judith Butler - If the immutable character of sex is...
If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called ‘sex' is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all. (Judith Butler)

If the immutable character of sex is contested, perhaps this construct called ‘sex' is as culturally constructed as gender; indeed, perhaps it was always already gender, with the consequence that the distinction between sex and gender turns out to be no distinction at all.

Judith Butler

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