Changing the Definition of “Woman”: Patriotism and How Dictionaries Work

by Steven Gimbel and Gwydion Suilebhan For the last several years, elected Republicans, full of anti-trans zeal, have challenged their opponents to define the word “woman.” They aren’t really curious. They’re setting a rhetorical trap. They’re taking a word that seems to have a simple meaning, because the majority of people who identify as women…