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Just One of the Guys?

Name: Just One of the Guys?
Author: Kristen Schilt

Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality

Kristen Schilt,

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Just One of the Guys?

Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality

Kristen Schilt,

About this book

The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. Common explanations for this disparity range from biological differences between the sexes to the conscious and unconscious biases that guide hiring and promotion decisions. Just One of the Guys? sheds new light on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men—people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male—on the job.

Kristen Schilt draws on in-depth interviews and observational data to show that while individual transmen have varied experiences, overall their stories are a testament to systemic gender inequality. The reactions of coworkers and employers to transmen, Schilt demonstrates, reveal the ways assumptions about innate differences between men and women serve as justification for discrimination. She finds that some transmen gain acceptance—and even privileges—by becoming "just one of the guys," that some are coerced into working as women or marginalized for being openly transgender, and that other forms of appearance-based discrimination also influence their opportunities. Showcasing the voices of a frequently overlooked group, Just One of the Guys? lays bare the social processes that foster forms of inequality that affect us all.

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Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Year

2011

Print ISBN

9780226738079, 9780226738055

eBook ISBN

Topic

Subtopic

Index

framing 

transgender 

difference

47

how

the

institutionalization 

of

a

male/female 

binary 

regulates 

the

legiti-

mate 

options 

for

gender 

identities. 

Transgender 

men, 

regardless 

of

their 

personal 

sense 

of

themselves 

as

male, 

genderqueer, 

transgender, 

or

all

of

the

above, 

must 

still 

negotiate 

the

legally 

sanctioned 

male/female 

binary 

in

order 

to

avoid 

not

just 

societal 

stigma 

but

potential 

consequences 

in

employment, 

housing, 

and

ﬁnances 

as

well.

Contents
Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: Framing Transgender Difference: Pathology, Diversity, Biology
Chapter Two: Self-Made Men: Culturally Navigating "Natural" Difference
Chapter Three: Becoming Men at Work: The Unequal Outcomes of Difference
Chapter Four: Manufacturing Gender Inequality: Workplace Responses to Stealth Transmen
Chapter Five: Business as Usual: Workplace Responses to Open Transmen
Chapter Six: Transgender Matters: The Persistence of Workplace Gender Inequality
Methodological Appendix
Notes
References
Index

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