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This chapter goes back to the concept of gender in the light of all the arguments developed in previous chapters. While they may be useful for understanding the past and, to a certain extent, also the present, our notions of gender can be described as harmful and misleading for any prospect focused on the future. A society of equals must be a genderless society, where all subjects develop their own independent individuality. As regards sex, human sexuality is basically as open and polymorphic as bonobo sexuality.
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Hernando, A. (2017). Sex and Gender All over Again. In: The Fantasy of Individuality. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60720-7_10
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