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Gender hurts : a feminist analysis of the politics of transgenderism / Sheila Jeffreys.

Author/creator Jeffreys, Sheila
Format Electronic, Tactile Material, Book, and Print
Publication Info Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2014.
Description215 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
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.
Abstract '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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 190-210) and index.
LCCN 2013042861
ISBN9780415539395 (hbk.)
ISBN0415539390 (hbk.)
ISBN9780415539401 (pbk.)
ISBN0415539404 (pbk.)
ISBN(ebk)
ISBN9781317695950
ISBN131769595X
ISBN9781306707947
ISBN1306707943
ISBN1315778262
ISBN9781315778266
Standard identifier# 40023903333

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