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The Transgender Exigency

Name: The Transgender Exigency
ISBN: 9781000538748

Defining Sex and Gender in the 21st Century

Edward Schiappa,

238 pages
English
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eBook - ePub

The Transgender Exigency

Defining Sex and Gender in the 21st Century

Edward Schiappa,

About this book

At no other point in human history have the definitions of "woman" and "man, " "male" and "female, " "masculine" and "feminine, " been more contentious than now. This book advances a pragmatic approach to the act of defining that acknowledges the important ethical dimensions of our definitional practices.

Increased transgender rights and visibility has been met with increased opposition, controversy, and even violence. Who should have the power to define the meanings of sex and gender? What values and interests are advanced by competing definitions? Should an all-boys' college or high school allow transgender boys to apply? Should transgender women be allowed to use the women's bathroom? How has growing recognition of intersex conditions challenged our definitions of sex/gender? In this timely intervention, Edward Schiappa examines the key sites of debate including schools, bathrooms, the military, sports, prisons, and feminism, drawing attention to the political, practical, and ethical dimensions of the act of defining itself.

This is an important text for students and scholars in gender studies, philosophy, communication, and sociology.

The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

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