Activist proponents of expansive gender concepts are increasingly shifting tactics—from arguing new biological science to reframing social categories—so that 'gender' becomes a catch‑all legal and institutional label that preserves policy gains even if underlying scientific claims remain contested. That strategic semantic shift turns definition fights into durable policy battlegrounds (executive orders, agency guidance, institutional rules) rather than purely academic disputes.
— If true, this explains why semantic and administrative battles over terms (sex vs. gender) have outsized legal and political effects and why courts, agencies, and universities are now primary sites of the culture‑war struggle.
Steve Stewart-Williams
2026.01.03
68% relevant
The author explicitly pushes back against efforts to redefine or abandon the sex binary, which maps onto the existing item’s claim that activists strategically shift terminology to lock in policy — here the article provides the counterargument relied upon by actors resisting that shift.
Colin Wright
2025.12.02
100% relevant
The article cites President Trump’s 2025 executive order and subsequent HHS technical definitions as an explicit institutional response to activists’ framing, showing how definition fights move immediately into federal rulemaking and litigation.
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