This is Part 2 of UK Column’s three-part interview series with Prof Gloria Moss.
In this discussion, Prof Moss and Ben Rubin discuss the biological, psychological and visuospatial differences between the sexes as evidenced by Gloria's extensive research into the topic. They place a particular emphasis on the fields of Design and Fine Art.
The conversation was held in the context of the UK Supreme Court's recent unanimous decision that the terms 'woman' and 'sex' in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex. To most people, this would seem an obvious thing to state, but in recent years, the definition of 'woman' and femininity itself has come under significant attack from political ideologues seeking to break down traditional gender roles and attack our societies.
Prof Moss describes in great detail the post-Modern and neo-Marxist theories that have been used to carry out these attacks, as well as what drives them, and how they have manifested in the University system and further afield in our societies.
She provides extensive evidence from her own scientific research that men and women are indeed distinct from each other in a host of different ways. Most notably, for the purposes of today's discussion, she explains how they express themselves visually, drawing on examples from modern advertising and web design, the earliest examples of human artistic expression, and everywhere in-between.
