Biological essentialism cannot deliver safety or justice

Banaji, Shakuntala ORCID: 0000-0002-9233-247X (2025) Biological essentialism cannot deliver safety or justice. Media@LSE (30 Apr 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Shakuntala Banaji, Professor of Media, Culture and Social Change at the London School of Economics and Political Science reflects on the recent controversial UK Supreme Court judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, arguing that gender itself is not essentially biological but arises from a complex mixture of historical, social, cultural and psychological factors that need to be considered to deliver safety or justice.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Media and Communications
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General) H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2025 08:57
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2025 08:57
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128256

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