'Brave enlightening closely argued' Jane O'Grady Daily Telegraph Material Girls is a
timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known
as a gender identity and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological
sex. Professor Kathleen Stock makes a clear and feminist case for our retaining the ability to
discuss reality. She surveys the philosophical ideas that led us to where we are now and
considers biological sex in a range of important contexts including women-only spaces and
resources healthcare epidemiology political organisation and data collection. 'For anyone
who has been trying to figure out what on earth is going on with gender and sexuality these
days this is the book for you' Stella O'Malley Evening Standard
