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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: — When Sex Stopped Being a Body
Chapter 3: — The Warm Story and the Hidden Claim
Chapter 4: — What Does “Woman” Mean Now?
Chapter 5: — When Stereotypes Replace Sex
Chapter 6: — The Search for a Gender Brain
Chapter 7: — Before the Big Switch
Chapter 8: — When Gender Becomes the “Real” Truth
Chapter 9: — Childhood, Anxiety, and the “Wrong Body” Story
Chapter 10: — The Old Models of Sex We Forgot
Chapter 11: — New Science, Old Logic
Chapter 12: — The Surge in Youth Transition
Chapter 13: — The Pause That Wasn’t a Pause
Chapter 14: — Fertility, Sex, and Irreversible Choices
Chapter 15: — From Gay Kids to Straight Adults
Chapter 16: — Surgery, Reality, and the Language of “Affirmation”
Chapter 17: — Markets, Movements, and Incentives
Chapter 18: — The Disappearing Word “Woman”
Chapter 19: — “Cis” and the Return of the Norm
Chapter 20: — Self-ID and the Law’s Blunt Edge
Chapter 21: — Spaces, Safety, and the Hard Cases
Chapter 22: — Sport, Fairness, and the Female Category
Chapter 23: — Data Without Sex
Chapter 24: — Between Bodies and Words
Chapter 25: — Keeping the Word “Woman”
Chapter 26: — Compassion and Anchors
Description
On the Meaning of Sex is a sweeping, point-by-point tour through a fast-changing public idea: that sex isn’t rooted in the body but in identity. Drawing on science, history, policy, and testimonies, Kajsa Ekis Ekman argues that this shift—rolled out through schools, clinics, courts, and corporations—repackages old gender stereotypes, reframes biological sex as negotiable, and exposes vulnerable people to new risks. From the revival of brain-sex theories to the spread of self-ID laws, from the surge of teen medicalization to the erasure of the word “woman,” she examines how an ideology can look compassionate on the surface and still produce unintended harm. Clear, provocative, and meticulously sourced, this book invites listeners to slow down, think carefully, and ask: who benefits, who pays, and what kind of equality do we want to build?
Who Should Listen
- Listeners who want a concise, evidence-based guide to the sex–gender debate
- Policy makers, educators, and clinicians needing clear frameworks for safeguarding, data, and youth care
- Feminists and equality professionals who rely on sex-disaggregated data and language
- Athletes and sports administrators navigating fairness and inclusion