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
next story? maybe. just say yes. mike, are you ready to do this next story? i m scared. not imagining t women s breasts are getting bigger. oh. not by the moment but just in general. we are not talking implants, we are talking about, according to australian researchers that bra sizes really have been busting out over the years. women s books are getting so much bigger that two rival bra companies down under are now making super-sized cups, all the way up to j and k. uh-huh. the question here is what would be behind a great book boom? i mean is it hormones in the food? is it that we are all getting fatter, therefore bigger chests? and is there a downside? back problems and the like? yes. well, that s why a lot of people get reductions. that s what they say. listen, i m just reporting the facts here. over the years, the books are getting bigger. band: every day you check the weather check the time check the news online