Gender Hurts: A Feminist Analysis of the Politics of Transgenderism

by Jeffreys; Sheila

• ISBN13: 9780415539401
• ISBN10: 0415539404
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-04-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Transgender describes those who seek recognition as the opposite sex or gender on a long-term basis. The idea and practice of transgenderism now affects legal systems, schoolteachers, parents, wives and partners, and the politics of gender in profound ways. Gender Hurtsexamines the wider social and political context and implications of the phenomenon of transgenderism. Jeffreys and Gottschalk propose that gender in western culture is socially constructed as the basis of male domination and that the concept of gender has the potential to hurt many. They argue that in transgenderism the hurt can take several forms; psychologically, physically and socially. This book explore how the phenomenon is affecting people's lives from exploring the implications for the children and adults who are diagnosed as having gender identity disorder, to the survivors' movement who claim to have been misdiagnosed, and the impact on the partners of transgenders. This controversial book is a must read for all students and scholars of the politics of sexuality, women's studies, gender studies, queer studies, transgender studies and cultural studies courses.