# The Metaphysical Problem of Sexual Difference w/ D. C. Schindler

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Podcast: [New Polity](https://stenobird.com/podcast/new-polity-157784)
Published: 2026-03-26T20:00:00+00:00
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What is the metaphysical difference between man and woman? Philosophy has long had a problem explaining the difference between men and women, even though it is a basic and fundamental reality. Are men and women different essentially? Is there a particularly "female soul" and a "male soul?" Is the brute fact of the sexually differentiated body the basis for sexual difference, or does that presuppose the problem? In man and woman are we dealing with an opposition or a contrariety? In this new podcast series, Marc Barnes and D. C. Schindler discuss the metaphysics of sexual difference, arguing for a new approach to the question.

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