(Ebook) Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars by Finn Mackay ISBN 9780755606634, 9780755606665, 9780755606641, 9780755606658, 0755606639, 0755606663, 0755606647, 0755606655

(Ebook) Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars by Finn Mackay ISBN 9780755606634, 9780755606665, 9780755606641, 9780755606658, 0755606639, 0755606663, 0755606647, 0755606655

Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars provides important theoretical background and context to the 'gender wars' or 'TERF wars'—the violent feminist fracture at the forefront of the LGBTQ international conversation. Using queer and female masculinities as a lens, Finn Mackay investigates the current generational shift that is refusing the previously assumed fixity of sex, gender, and sexual identity. Transgender and trans rights movements are currently experiencing political backlash from within certain lesbian and lesbian feminist groups, resulting in a situation in which these two minority communities are frequently pitted against one another or perceived as diametrically opposed. Uniquely, Finn Mackay approaches this debate through the context of female masculinity, butch, and trans-masculine lesbian masculinities. There has been increasing interest in the study of masculinity, influenced by a popular discourse around so-called 'toxic masculinity', the rise of men's rights activism and theory, and critical work on Trump's America and the MeToo movement. An increasingly important topic in political science and sociological academia, this book aims to break new ground in the discussion of the politics of gender and identity.