Identifying As or Identifying With? Transgender Identity
We appear to be at an impasse: a strongly vocal sector of the trans lobby insists that one is simply the gender one identifies as being, while an ever louder…
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Martin Countach
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"Martin Countach" is an experimental psychologist (language and context), occasional philosopher, pub economist and political barker. He is using a pseudonym for fear of Greenwich villagers with pitchforks.
Words in the Wrong Place: Are Sexist Jokes Dangerous?
In 1966, French structuralist Mary Douglas defined dirt as “matter out of place.” How offensive we find matter depends on context: a smear of gravy at the side of a…
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