The Genesis of Gender, with Dr. Abigail Favale

Dr. Abigail Favale joins Andrew, Matt, and Alastair to investigate the genesis of the gender paradigm.

These days, it seems nobody without a doctorate in biology knows how to tell men apart from women. How did it come to this? And what can be done about it? Andrew, Matt, and Alastair talk to Dr. Abigail Favale, author of The Genesis of Gender, about how the gender paradigm arose, swallowed the concept of sex (like a “giant Pac-Man monster”), and brought into question the very existence of human nature.

Links Mentioned:

Lexham Press Book of the Month

Merrie Band

The Genesis of Gender: A Christian Theory, by Dr. Abigail Favale [affiliate link]

Dr. Abigail Favale

The Thought of Judith Butler

Timestamps

0:00
The Gender Paradigm
8:24
How Sex Became Gender
16:15
Is Human Nature Real?
18:12
A Practical Excursus
24:11
The Contraceptive Context
31:52
Contradictions
38:57
Corrections

Follow DerekAndrew, and Alastair for more tweet-sized brilliance. Thanks to Timothy Crouch for keeping us organized. Special thanks to Tim Motte for sound editing and show notes. And thanks to The Joy Eternal for lending us their music, which everybody should download out of gratitude for their kindness.

Mere Fidelity is a listener-supported venture, and we can only grow as our supporters make it possible. Support Us on Patreon