%0 Journal Article
%A Byrne, Alex Byrne
%D 2022
%J Journal of Controversial Ideas

%@ 2694-5991

%V 2
%N 1
%P 11

%T The Female of the Species: Reply to Heartsilver
%M doi:10.35995/jci02010011
%U https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/180
%X Maggie Heartsilver’s “Deflating Byrne’s ‘Are women adult human females?’” subjects the arguments and conclusion of “Are women…?” to a probing and comprehensive stress-test. The present paper responds to Heartsilver’s objections, and also discusses the significance of the proposition that trans women are women.