Gender Identity and Exclusion: A Reply to Jenkins

A theory of gender ought to be compatible with trans-inclusive definitions of gender identity terms, such as woman' and man'. Appealing to this principle of trans-inclusion, Katharine Jenkins argues that we ought to endorse a dual social position and identity theory of gender. Here, I argue that Jenkins's dual theory of gender fails to be trans-inclusive for the following reasons: (i) it cannot generate a definition of woman' that extends to include all trans women, and (ii) it understands transgender gender identity through a cisgender frame.