@Article{ AUTHOR = {Byrne, Alex Byrne}, TITLE = {The Female of the Species: Reply to Heartsilver}, JOURNAL = {Journal of Controversial Ideas}, VOLUME = {2}, YEAR = {2022}, NUMBER = {1}, PAGES = {0--0}, URL = {https://www.journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/2/1/180}, ISSN = {2694-5991}, ABSTRACT = {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.}, DOI = {10.35995/jci02010011} }