The apartheid of sex
Subtitle: a manifesto on the freedom of gender
By: Martine Rothblatt.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown Publishers
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: Gender identity.; Prejudices.; Sex.
Description: Is the categorization of people from the moment of birth as either male or female a form of sexual segregation as pernicious as racial apartheid? In this bold and provocative manifesto, Martine Rothblatt cites current academic opinion and research to argue that the answer is yes - and that the time is right for a new sexual revolution.

In The Apartheid of Sex, Rothblatt makes a case for the adoption of a new sexual model that accommodates every possible shade of gender identity. It reveals that traditional male and female roles are dictated neither by genetics, genitals, nor reproductive biology, but rather by social attitudes that originated in early patriarchal cultures and that have been institutionalized in modern law.

In the name of the countless people of unique gender who continue to suffer on the procrustean bed of sexual duality, Rothblatt calls for a new acceptance of human sexuality in all its prismatic variety.
Notes: Includes index.