They don’t have too much to say about how to distinguish which norms we should keep and which we should get rid of; rather, they suggest eliminating coercive enforcement, which would also satisfy what they think are the root complaints of many (e.g. some radical feminists) who would prefer to get rid of gender entirely.
Are the rules that forbid men to participate in female Olympic events “coercive enforcement”? Is kicking out men who want to join women’s shelters for woman who were abused and are afraid of men “coercive enforcement”?
If yes, getting rid of female-only Olympic events and women’s shelters seems like something that feels like a high cost to general societal values. If that’s what someone calls for, they should argue that position more explicitly instead of hiding it in a nice sounding phrase like “eliminating coercive enforcement”.
If no, how do the categories those cases where we have reasons to give out certain privileges to people of a certain gender?
Are the rules that forbid men to participate in female Olympic events “coercive enforcement”? Is kicking out men who want to join women’s shelters for woman who were abused and are afraid of men “coercive enforcement”?
If yes, getting rid of female-only Olympic events and women’s shelters seems like something that feels like a high cost to general societal values. If that’s what someone calls for, they should argue that position more explicitly instead of hiding it in a nice sounding phrase like “eliminating coercive enforcement”.
If no, how do the categories those cases where we have reasons to give out certain privileges to people of a certain gender?