Women's Studies 2161A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter w.1: Trans Woman, Transphobia, Perseus Books Group
16 Mar 2018
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Trans woman minifesto whipping girl: a transexual woan on. Trans woman: any person who was assigned a male sex at birth but who identifies as and/or lives as a woman. No qualifications placed based on a persons ability to pass as female. Trans woman treated more like research subjects: others assign motivations and dries to us that validate their own theorist and agendas regarding gender and sexuality. Trans women positioned at the intersection of transphobia, cissexism and misogyny. Transphobia: the irrational fear of people whose gendered identities, appearances or behaviours deviate from societal norms. Cissexism: belief that transsexuals identified genders are inferior to those of cissexuals. Expression of people attempt to dent that transsexual basic privileged associated with the trans persons self identified gender. Artificial hierarchy: in insisting that the trans persons gender is fake they attempt to validate their ow gender as real or natural.
