Nourishing Our Sanity

Unpacking the Sacred Cow of Gender Ideology

• Episode 17

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Kymber critically examines gender ideology as a “sacred cow”—a belief system so protected that it shuts down inquiry and nuance. Drawing from her personal and professional experiences, she explores the importance of maintaining sex-based boundaries, the risks posed by self-ID policies and the ways queer theory can attract instability under the guise of liberation.

Acknowledgements:

  • Kymber refers to Alok Menon as “Anon” several times throughout the episode, mistakenly. If you hear this, it wasn’t intentional.
  • Research for this episode included many sources, below are some main sources, but not all. If something is missing, please contact me directly for more citations.

Today on Nourishing Our Sanity:

  • Why making gender a “sacred cow” hinders honest conversations and critical thinking
  • How sex-based boundaries protect women—and what’s at risk when they’re blurred
  • Understanding intersex conditions and why they don’t invalidate the sex binary
  • A critique of queer theory and the unintended consequences of self-ID
  • Why critical thinking and good faith dialogue are essential in today’s culture wars

Where to find Kymber:

Predatory Men in Women’s Prisons:

Michel Foucault:

Queer Theory:

Transgender Demographics and Statistical Changes: