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Subject(s)

• Gender nonconformity [Browse]
• Transgender people—Political activity [Browse]
• Feminism [Browse]
• Feminist theory [Browse]

Summary note

'Gender Hurts' examines 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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-210) and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Contents

• The construction of transgenderism
• Transgenderism and feminism
• Doing transgender: really hurting
• "A gravy stain on the table": women in the lives of men who transgender
• Women who transgender: an antidote to feminism?
• Gender eugenics?: the transgendering of children
• A clash of rights: when gender is inscribed in the law
• Women's space and the transgender challenge.

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ISBN

• 9780415539395 (hbk)
• 0415539390 (hbk)
• 9780415539401 (pbk)
• 0415539404 (pbk)

LCCN

^^2013042861

OCLC

776535445

Other standard number

• 40023903333

RCP

H - S

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