SOCIOL 3U03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Phalloplasty, Gender Binary, Heterosexuality
12 Nov 2014
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
An experience that emerged in early-mid 20th c: the result of psychiatric and medical discourses and processes, regarded as both a congenital medical condition, & a mental illness. Was understood as an exp of those who wish to: change their sex (physical bodies, to match their gendered sense of self, as male/masculine or female/feminine. Term was often associated with individuals transitioning from male to female (mtf or m2f: rather than ftm - focus on this exp more recent, ftm could more easily pass as male. Is now a specific experience" in the transgender realm: used to refer to individuals who have undergone sex-change surgery (post-op individuals, now has negative connotations o. Is linked to medical discourses and practices of illness, pathology and deviancy. To understand the exps of today"s trans-people: need to understand emergence of transsexualism as a medical category.
