What is Masculinity?

Synthese 202 (3):1-16 (2023)
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This paper initiates analytic inquiry into the metaphysics of masculinity. I argue that individual masculinities (such as ‘clone masculinity’ and ‘incel masculinity’) are distinct homeostatic property cluster kinds related to gender structures via processes of adherence, failed-adherence, selective adherence, and/or reinterpretation with respect to male-coded social norms.

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10.1007/s11229-023-04296-y

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Matthew Andler
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Gender and Gender Terms.Elizabeth Barnes - 2019 - Noûs 54 (3):704-730.
The Construction of Human Kinds.Ron Mallon - 2016 - Oxford: Oxford University Press UK.
Beyond Binary: Genderqueer as Critical Gender Kind.Robin Dembroff - 2020 - Philosophers' Imprint 20 (9):1-23.

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