Episode 75: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity?

Welcome to Episode 75 of the Being Human Podcast: Gender Fluidity or Complementarity?

In this week's episode, Dr. Greg opens up a new series focused on fleshing out a convincing Catholic response to the gender confusion in our culture today; he proposes an answer to an important question about the purpose of being created as male and female. (Note: Mature Content)

Discussed in this episode:

• The impossibility of changing one's gender; 
• The philosophy of John Paul II and how it can serve as a foundation for understanding our bodies; 
• The teleological capacity of the human person; 
• What no one in the Church seems to be talking about in regards to our creation as men and women; 
• A proposal to the question of why we are made as male and female; 
• Fruitfulness as a consequence of every free, total, faithful gift given between a man and a woman; 
• How, as Catholics, we have the full spectrum of ways to arrive at truth available to us; 
• The need to coalesce around a vision of gender, sex, and the human person's purpose.

Resources mentioned or relevant: 

• Read On the Masculine Genius, an article by Dr. Greg published in Humanum Quarterly Review;  
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• Watch Fruitfulness is Not a Pillar of the Theology of the Body by Dr. Greg on YouTube; 
• Read Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church On the Collaboration of Men and Women in the Church and in the World, by Cardinal Ratzinger;   
• Learn more about complementarity and the masculine and feminine genius in Dr. Greg's relationships course: A Marriage Built to Last; 
• Become a member of the Integrated Life Community to get access to every course Dr. Greg has created, AND the opportunity to participate in Integrated Life Intensives: time-limited, group experiences covering topics like boundaries, communication, trauma, forgiveness, and more!  
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