Date of Award
2023
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelors
Department
Humanities
First Advisor
Edidin, Aron
Area of Concentration
Philosophy
Abstract
Most accounts of gender fail to be sufficiently trans-inclusive. Thalia Mae Bettcher’s account of gender as sincere self-identification is the only account of gender that can fully account for trans identities and experiences. Bettcher’s account can be considered a non-account of gender because it does not require any similarity in members of a gender-identity group besides their sincere avowal. In doing so, the account allows the concept of gender to be open to the interpretation of the individual. Sincere self-identification ought to be implemented in mainstream society by acknowledging ethical first-person authority over gender, or allowing speakers to have social authority over their gender identity for moral reasons.
Recommended Citation
Sidlow, Marina, "Toward a Non-Account of Gender Identity" (2023). Theses & ETDs. 6427.
https://digitalcommons.ncf.edu/theses_etds/6427