Kant on sex and gender. Or: Is femininity only education?

Much has been written about Kant’s misogyny. His remarks the “ Geschlechtscharaktere” (features of sexes) have interpreted as evidence his negative attitude towards women. Most these comments on “women’s nature” overlook fact that Kant used term “nature” differently, depending focus each writing. Such a might be empirical, transcendental or pragmatic. In fact, described “masculine” and “feminine” social categories in sense twentieth-century gender concepts assume biological sex cultural gender. A small side-note whether “femininity is only education natural disposition” illustrates awareness importance socio-cultural influences. opinion, both sexes can exceed ideals, feminine masculine, thus present distorted picture respective ideal – independently sex. I will show advocated degree freedom regarding identity foreshadowed theories developed late twentieth century, which are heteronormative but not essentialist.