Gender

Articles About Gender

• Magazine Article

  Transgender Identity—Wishing Away God’s Design

  

  July 24, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  Genesis 1:27 says God made them “male and female.” People can’t wish away this fundamental physical reality—and that’s a good thing.

• Magazine Department Article

  Bruce or Caitlyn . . . What’s in a Name?

  Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  The media’s rush last spring to make Caitlyn Jenner a transgender hero underscored the radical moral shift in Western culture.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Gender Studies

  April 10, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  As the culture continues to encourage gender alternatives outside of Scripture, believers are certain to encounter tough situations.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Queer Theory

  March 27, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  The phrase “queer theory,” coined by Teresa de Lauretis, describes a school of thought that examines sexual identity, human sexuality, and gender.

• Semi-Technical Research Paper

  Feminism

  March 13, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  Evangelical feminism teaches an egalitarian view of marriage and roles in the church, to the point where passages that clearly teach male headship are reinterpreted, explained away, or ignored.

• Feedback Article

  Is Male Headship a “Curse”?

  Aug. 31, 2012 from Feedback

  Do women try to take over man’s authority? Is male headship a “curse”? Steve Golden, AiG–U.S., replies to a reader’s questions about his earlier article.

• Feedback: Are Gender Roles a Social Construct?

  July 6, 2012

  The biblical understanding of gender roles stems from the Genesis account of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden; however, cultural justification is sometimes used to support unbiblical behavior.

• Feedback Article

  Gender-related Moral Implications of the Doctor to Patient Relationship

  Feb. 17, 2012 from Feedback

  Is it appropriate for Christians to visit doctors of the opposite gender? Dr. Tommy Mitchell and Dr. Elizabeth Mitchell, AiG–U.S., provide a biblical perspective.

• SFGate: “Oakland school's lessons in gender diversity”

  June 4, 2011 from News to Know

  Transgender clownfish, transgender people—what’s the difference?

• Magazine Article

  Inferior or Equal

  

  Aug. 18, 2008 from Answers Magazine

  What is the biblical view of a woman? Is she a man’s equal, his superior, or his inferior?

• Feedback Article

  Does the Bible teach female inferiority?

  Aug. 24, 2007 from Feedback

  An atheist asks how we can take Darwin to task for his sexism when the Bible supposedly does the same thing? Dr. Purdom and Bodie Hodge respond.