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> On Nov 26, 2018, at 6:34 AM, C. G. Estabrook <galli...@illinois.edu> wrote: > > Philip F.’s piece is a praiseworthy attempt to reject a false identity > politics substitute for class politics. Defending class politics over identity politics is a laudible and necessary undertaking; doing so in relation to gender and sexuality is inevitably fraught, especially when so many people are so profoundly disenfranchised, exploited and oppressed, and thus may be expected to rely more heavily on identity categories to provide at least some sense of orientation and stability. This piece makes no serious or good-faith attempt at articulating the relationship between sexuality and gender, and mis-uses scientific data by invoking a statistical regularity as carrying normative weight in resolving complex social and political questions. Far from being a “praiseworthy attempt” at an important task, it is an abysmal and lamentable failure — a vivid example of the reactionary abuse of science, whether intended or not. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
