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The Vatican says gender theory threatens human dignity – but Judith Butler believes the ‘threat’ is social change

By Louise Richardson-Self, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy & Gender Studies, University of Tasmania

In her new book, Who’s Afraid of Gender?, feminist philosopher Judith Butler explains how gender and sex are socially constructed, while fighting critics who see gender as a threat to the social order.

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