![]() ![]() Numerous sociologists have studied the plurality and nuances of class categorisations, but this approach has been less pursued with respect to gender (Dunezat 2015). How we should conceive of and study gender is no longer self-evident in this context of social and legal transformations. neither male nor female) is spreading well beyond just the trans population. Discrimination on the basis of ‘gender identity’ gets included in the French criminal code in 2016, while calling oneself ‘non-binary (i.e. Enacted in 2013, France’s ‘marriage for all’ law was soon followed by the Law on the Modernisation of Justice for the 21 st Century (2016), which de-medicalises change of sex in the civil registry. The border between the sexes is becoming more porous in both the social sphere and in law. These changes are continuing at the start of the 21 st century with the remarkable development of feminist and LGBT struggles. Their right to vote, more schooling, the massive entry of women onto the labour market, contraception and the legalisation of abortion are all factors that have transformed how they live. ![]() Women’s lives are not the same as they once were. The gender order evolved considerably during the 20 th century. ![]()
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