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Author Serano, Julia, author

Title Whipping girl : a transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity / Julia Serano
Edition Second edition
Published Berkeley, CA : Seal Press, [2016]
©2016

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 MELB  306.768 Ser/Wga 2016  AVAILABLE
Description xxvi, 392 pages ; 21 cm
Contents Coming to terms with transgenderism and transsexuality -- Skirt chasers : why the media depicts the trans revolution in lipstick and heels -- Before and after : class and body transformations -- Boygasms and girlgasms : a frank discussion about hormones and gender difference -- Blind spots : on subconscious sex and gender entitlement -- Intrinsic inclinations : explaining gender and sexual diversity -- Pathological science : debunking sexological and sociological models of transgenderism -- Dismantling cissexual privilege -- Ungendering in art and academia -- Experiential gender -- Deconstructive surgery -- Bending over backwards : traditional sexism and trans-woman-exclusion policies -- Self-deception -- Trans-sexualization -- Submissive streak -- Love rant -- Crossdressing : demystifying femininity and rethinking "male privilege" -- Barrette manifesto -- Putting the feminine back into feminism -- The future of queer/trans activism
Summary "In the updated second edition of Whipping Girl, Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist, shares her powerful experiences and observations -- both pre- and post-transition -- to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, as well as gender and sexuality as a whole. Serano's well-honed arguments stem from her ability to bridge the gap between the often-disparate biological and social perspectives on gender. In this provocative manifesto, she exposes how deep-rooted the cultural belief is that femininity is frivolous, weak, and passive, and how this "feminine" weakness exists only to attract and appease male desire. In addition to debunking popular misconceptions about transsexuality, Serano makes the case that today's feminists and transgender activists must work to embrace and empower femininity -- in all of its wondrous forms."--provided by Amazon.com
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-386)
Subject Transsexualism
Transsexuals
Sex discrimination
Feminism
Transgender people
Gender identity
Sexual minorities
Sexism
Trans women
Transfeminine people
Transfeminism
Transgender Persons
Gender Identity
Sexual and Gender Minorities
Sexism
LC no. 2007003954
ISBN 9781580056229 (paperback)
1580056229 (paperback)