Leaders and some feminists too. Is this a debate in which both sides are driven by fear . Judith butler, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Im glad to be here. Well, its a pleasure to have you here. You have a long academic career. Youve written some very well known books on gender theory. I just wonder, in your view, whether this debate about gender has fundamentally changed 7 has the climate around it really changed . Yes, i think it has. I think at the beginning of gender studies, a very important field within feminism, In The Beginning of queer theory, we talked about gender in different ways. We talked about the Gender Division Of Labour or gender differentials when were discussing literacy or education how many men or women are getting certain benefits. It was an important way of thinking about a powerful social structure in society, mainly with the idea of trying to achieve greater equality or trying to understand why hierarchies exist and what we might do to get over them. But the
Is this a debate in which both sides are driven by fear . Judith butler, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. Im glad to be here. Well, its a pleasure to have you here. You have a long academic career. Youve written some very well known books on gender theory. I just wonder, in your view, whether this debate about gender has fundamentally changed . Has the climate around it really changed . Yes, i think it has. I think at the beginning of gender studies, a very important field within feminism, In The Beginning of queer theory, we talked about gender in different ways. We talked about the Gender Division Of Labour or gender differentials when were discussing literacy or education how many men or women are getting certain benefits. It was an important way of thinking about a powerful social structure in society, mainly with the idea of trying to achieve greater equality or trying to understand why hierarchies exist and what we might do to get over them. But there was also Gender Identity, whi
were having to do things that in future ought to be done by other departments or at the centre because it should have been a whole government response earlier. that is my reflection. and what about after the end of february when the cross government machine ramps up on the scale of the crisis is understood and steps have to be taken? to what extent had the department for health and social are got on top of promoting or suggesting the sort of countermeasures and infection control that ultimately were at the heart of the government response? from the end of february when the prime minister took the chair of cobra which was symbolically very important, when the chancellor of the duchy of lancaster got stuck in and you heard from him how he came to a cobra, was alarmed, asked some very good questions, followed that “p very good questions, followed that up with me and from. you might thinki up with me and from. you might think i was unhappy to receive that e mail on those questi
college campuses. winter is coming and homeless are still outside in chicago. why almost everyone there is upset with the mayor. what is the most pressing threat to the u.s.? we have got the results of the annual reagan national defense survey. shannon: but, first, breaking tonight, today s group of hostages released by hamas terrorists includes another israeli american. her release comes as negotiators are working toward a possible extension of the temporary cease-fire. we are learning about some of the atrocities that these hostages have endured. correspondent nate foy is in northern israel with that story tonight. hello, nate. hey, shannon. just moments ago president joe biden said he spoke on the phone with israeli american s mother and father and said that he is grateful she is back in israel tonight to take care of her three children. she and her husband were kidnapped from their kibbutz back on october 7th. her husband is still in hamas captivity. we are also lea
about china s role in the health disaster and what dr. fauci knew about it and china has a respiratory illness overloading medical centers. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. bill: how are you doing? dana: great. bill: great. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. we are learning a u.s. health official working for dr. fauci raised serious safety concerns six years ago in 2017 after taking a tour of the lab in wuhan. china s first-ever level four bio safety lab for handling dangerous pathogens. dana: the official was shocked and alarmed after learning the lab was considering plans to reverse engineer the deadly he bola virus. when she told superiors before writing her report she was ordered to delete any reference to ebola. bill: what they knew and what they might want to hide that critical information. good morning, rich. the u.s. health worker toured the wuhan institute of virology as it was about to open its most secure lab. chinese officials they ne