Whipping Girl
Subtitle: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
Publisher: Seal Press
Published: June 1, 2007
Place of publication: Emeryville CA, USA
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9781580051545
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Social Science / Gender Studies; Social Science; Gender Studies; Feminism; Transsexualism; Transsexuals; Sociology
Description: Reveals the ways that fear, contempt, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole.
Table of contents: label: Contents; label: Introduction; label: Trans Woman Manifesto; label: Part 1. Trans/Gender Theory; title: 1. Coming to Terms with Transgenderism and Transsexuality; title: 2. Skirt Chasers: Why the Media Depicts the Trans Revolution in Lipstick and Heels; title: 3. Before and After: Class and Body Transformations; title: 4. Boygasms and Girgasms: A Frank Discussion about Hormones and Gender Difference; title: 5. Blind Spots: On Subconscious Sex and Gender Entitlement; title: 6. Intrinsic Inclinations: Explaining Gender and Sexual Diversity; title: 7. Pathological Science: Debunking Sexological and Sociological Models of Transgenderism; title: 8. Dismantling Cissexual Privilege; title: 9. Ungendering in Art and Academia; label: Part 2. Trans Women, Femininity, and Feminism; title: 10. Experiential Gender; title: 11. Deconstructive Surgery; title: 12. Bending Over Backwards: Traditional Sexism and Trans Woman-Exclusion Policies; title: 13. Self-Deception; title: 14. Trans-Sexualization; title: 15. Submissive Streak; title: 16. Love Rant; title: 17. Crossdressing: Demystifying Femininity and Rethinking "Male Privilege"; title: 18. Barrette Manifesto; title: 19. Putting the Feminine Back into Feminism; title: 20. The Future of Queer/Trans Activism; label: Notes; label: About the Author