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Do Women Exist?

Summarizing Daniel Kodsi in Tablet · Published Wednesday, October 1, 2025

JL;DR SUMMARY The article explores the contentious issue of whether female-only spaces and sports competitively segregated by biological sex are justified. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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United States

"Perhaps most notably, in the United States, this common knowledge was embodied in Title IX, a landmark civil rights law, whichas well as proscribing sex-based discrimination in a wide range of settingsmade important and influential provisions for womens sports."

Idaho, United States

"Two states that were early to enact such laws protecting womens sportsIdaho and West Virginiahave had their statutes challenged under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, as constituting invidious discrimination."

West Virginia, United States

"Two states that were early to enact such laws protecting womens sportsIdaho and West Virginiahave had their statutes challenged under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, as constituting invidious discrimination."

Maryland, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

Virginia, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

New Jersey, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

Indiana, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

Massachusetts, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

California, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

New York, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

Connecticut, United States

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

"I am the lead author of one such amicus brief, which was submitted on behalf of me and 23 other academic philosophers, including distinguished professors at the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia, Rutgers University, the University of Notre Dame, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Southern California, New York University, Yale University, and the University of Oxford."

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