Kathleen Stock: Feminism Between the Right and the Left

In this lecture, writer and philosopher Kathleen Stock discusses the crisis in feminism posed by gender ideology.

Stock delivered this lecture to UATX's Forbidden Courses students on June 29, 2023 in Dallas, Texas. Each summer, the Forbidden Courses gather courageous thinkers to explore the great human questions of our time.

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[saijunmak]

Really enjoy hearing Kathleen Stock's thoughts on this topic. Her take on all this is sensible, well considered, well researched, compassionate and very well presented.

[darrenmoorelufc]

One of the best brains on this subject along with Helen Joyce

[helenalittle]

What a relief to have this laid out. This is EXACTLY what I’ve been waiting to learn. Thank you Kathleen. (Politically homeless female 😊)

[glimmrgirl]

It’s impossible not to like her. Brilliant, thoughtful and humble

[philipanthony]

Great stuff as usual from Kathleen. The student who congratulated her on her humility was spot on. Some of her opponents could learn a useful lesson there. So glad she has found a home in Texas. As a former philosophy student at Sussex i feel ashamed and saddened that it couldn’t find a place for her there.

[matthaze]

She is possibly the brightest and most educated on these topics, while being coherently articulate about them I have heard. Outstanding!

[ienekevanhouten]

What a wonderful, clear headed teasing apart of a complex issue!

[luckystarship]

The University of Sussex must be kicking itself at letting the trans bullies drive out Kathleen Stock now that she's become an internationally renowned star academic. Success is the best revenge indeed!

[TracyPicabia]

Interesting contribution from Konstantin Kisin (elsewhere) who suggests that because she is within the LBGQT 'community' she is regarded as an apostate (especially dangerous to the faith) by the pious fundamentalists of Trans Activism and so receives the most vicious villification and the most ridiculous straw manning

[Susan.D]

Interesting and on point, hopefully more to follow. Kathleen Stock and Helen Joyce are both very much needed in our public dialogue.

[amandawalker]

Amazing talk, what a balanced, amazing woman! Thanks for all you do.

[bridgetonowhere]

I'm also a non-man who is attracted to non-men, aka a lesbian, and it makes me very proud and relieved to hear intelligent, sane voices like Kathleen Stock still fighting for actual women's rights. Transphobia is discriminating against trans people solely because they are trans. Acknowledging reality and protecting women's rights is not transphobic, regardless of how much the trans activists like to lie and censor people who understand that material reality does not care about anyone's feelings. Women's rights are for females, not trans-identified males. Western society has set back women's rights and feminism decades under the guise of "empathy and kindness" for gender dysphoric men (and the AGP men who use the label as trans to infiltrate women's spaces) but no such empathy is given to actual women. Women and girls aren't assaulted with a "gender identity". Trans-identified males aren't smashing women's athletic records with "gender identity". Ignoring material reality in favor of gender self-identity politics has real world consequences. We must bring back sanity.

[lmp]

She is so wonderful. What a brave and inspiring thinker.

[GoannaUK]

Dr Stock is a great thinker and speaker on this issue and is also a brilliant writer and scholar! The audience at UATX were fortunate to hear her speak.

[insidiousmischka]

I am heterosexual, but I have a crush on Kathleen ... it's the brilliant mind and the unapologetic bravery.

[catspeakegroove]

Brilliant. Yep. I can admit to being a feminist like Kathleen Stock. The common sense kind.

[gooseberristic]

I have so much respect for Kathleen Stock. I have just bought her book :) looking forward to diving into the topic.

[crystalexarch]

Brilliant, clear and to the point. Dr. Stock is an amazing woman.

[jo_asiago]

Thank you for this lecture - we need more of these to tackle complex issues :)

[tamarpeleg]

Thank you for this talk, Kathleen. I found your discussion about the relationship between Feminism in its various versions and Gender Ideology most interesting. Your insight about using the preferred pronouns of trans people, framing it as participating in a fiction and not as fomenting a lie (as Helen Joyce suggests), was quite an eye-opener to me. As such, it has a legitimate and useful place in our lives, as long as we take it for what it is - fiction, not reality. This framing seems to me much more accurate and fruitful.