Ignoring that this instance is just recuperation, if de-colonization isn't being used to literally mean indigenous self-rule, then it's being used in a critical theory way, like undoing the Eurocentrist way that all of modern global society is understood and organized.
De-colonizing gender would not JUST be academic examination of non-European cultures' understanding of gender, (common examples being two-spirit and hijra). Previous interest in non-European culture has been various flavours of condescending and more about cataloguing for historical interest. "De-colonizing" a subject means treating the non-European body of work on it as equally valid and not "good anywhere it doesn't conflict with the European canon".
Ignoring that this instance is just recuperation, if de-colonization isn't being used to literally mean indigenous self-rule, then it's being used in a critical theory way, like undoing the Eurocentrist way that all of modern global society is understood and organized.
De-colonizing gender would not JUST be academic examination of non-European cultures' understanding of gender, (common examples being two-spirit and hijra). Previous interest in non-European culture has been various flavours of condescending and more about cataloguing for historical interest. "De-colonizing" a subject means treating the non-European body of work on it as equally valid and not "good anywhere it doesn't conflict with the European canon".