Research program
The Sex Contradiction
What social relations produce and reproduce the oppression of women, and how should we understand the place of sex within those relations?
Ongoing researchResearch orientationRelated studyAvailable text
The research works toward a materialist theory of the sex contradiction, with formulations that can be tested against historical and empirical evidence.
Sexual difference, reproductive organization, labor, kinship, property, class position, gender, and ideology form part of the field of inquiry. The task is to establish their relations and what would count as evidence for competing explanations.
Associated course / In development
The Means of English
The course develops instruments for reading, conceptual distinction, and judgment in preparation for further research.
Related publication
A Weapon in Untrained Hands
The introduction places the course in relation to the wider research program and the practice of New Afrikan liberation.
Published research · Essay · Current · September 7, 2026
Sex Class and the Material Relations of Patriarchy
Prolegomena to a Materialist Theory of the Sex Contradiction
By Addison Turner. First published through Implacable Books on September 7, 2026, the Prolegomena is an existing published stage of Towards a Materialist Theory of the Sex Contradiction, the larger ongoing research program.