After Gender The Destruction of Man? The Vatican’s Nightmare Vision of the “Gender Agenda” for Law

Abstract

An essay is presented on the relationship between the Vatican and gender as of June 2011, focusing on the Vatican's apparent opposition to what it views as a gender agenda in terms of the use of gay rights and feminism to redefine secular law. The Vatican's objections to a radical definition of gender, which were made at the 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, is also addressed.