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What makes a person a woman? What makes someone a man? What is the difference between sex and gender? Is gender a social construct or a biological reality? In this week’s episode of In the Den, Jen sits down with philosopher Zane Thomas as they delve into these questions and more.  Philosophical gender studies seek to identify truths in regards to gender, including the history and evolution of gender roles, our perceptions around gender, linguistic nuances surrounding gender, and our growing understanding of what gender means and how it influences our lives. 

Special Guest: Zane Thomas

Zane first fell in love with the practice of Philosophy at BYU and graduated with their Bachelor's in Philosophy from Southern Virginia University in 2021. They are currently applying to a number of Master's programs with the hopes of teaching Philosophy with an emphasis in political philosophy, and the philosophy of science. Zane is 27 years old, non-binary, and lives in Seattle with their fiance and two dogs (a border-Aussie, and a blind Aussie-Catahoula mix). They enjoy reading, playing video games, and baking gluten-free pastries. Zane first started researching the philosophy of gender in college with a reading group started by one of their peers. This group, and later study, helped them to see the continuum of gender and sex, and recognize that they did not fit into either of the traditional gender binaries. They are truly a philosopher at heart, and their attempts to label and define their own experience with gender continues to motivate their studies in the realm of gender and social roles.

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