TY - EJOU AU - Byrne, B. Alex TI - The Female of the Species: Reply to Heartsilver T2 - Journal of Controversial Ideas PY - 2022 VL - 2 IS - 1 SN - 2694-5991 AB - 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. KW - gender KW - sex KW - transgender KW - women KW - Maggie Heartsilver DO - 10.35995/jci02010011