Identity Politics and the Challenge to Conservatism

Kellie-Jay Keen's visit to New Zealand and the Prime Minister's inability to clearly articulate an answer to the question: 'What is a woman?' has seen identity politics break into the local press.

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In the aftermath of Kellie-Jay Keen’s visit to New Zealand, the Prime Minister was this week embarrassed at his post-Cabinet press conference when he struggled to articulate a coherent answer to the question: “What is a woman?”.

An article by Stuff’s Thomas Manch yesterday noted that it signalled that a “fraught culture …