In this manifesto, biologist and transsexual woman Julia Serano reveals the ways that fear, contempt, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape societal attitudes about trans women, gender, and sexuality as a whole.
Author(s): Julia Serano
Year: 2007
Language: English
Commentary: Quack, crackpot garbage. Get over it. Find a hobby.
Pages: 408
City: Emeryville, CA
Tags: Transfeminism, feminism, transsexuality
Title Page......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Introduction......Page 6
Trans Woman Manifesto......Page 10
PART 1 - Trans/Gender Theory......Page 15
Chapter 1 - Coming to Terms with Transgenderism and Transsexuality......Page 16
Trans Woman Archetypes in the Media......Page 22
The Fascination with “Feminization”......Page 25
The Media’s Transgender Gap......Page 28
Feminist Depictions of Trans Women......Page 29
Chapter 3 - Before and After: Class and Body Transformations......Page 33
Chapter 4 - Boygasms and Girlgasms: A Frank Discussion About Hormones and .........Page 39
Chapter 5 - Blind Spots: On Subconscious Sex and Gender Entitlement......Page 45
Chapter 6 - Intrinsic Inclinations: Explaining Gender and Sexual Diversity......Page 53
Reconciling Intrinsic Inclinations with Social Constructs......Page 55
Oppositional Sexism and Sex Reassignment......Page 63
Traditional Sexism and Effemimania......Page 68
Critiquing the Critics......Page 74
Moving Beyond Cissexist Models of Transsexuality......Page 82
Gendering......Page 86
Cissexual Assumption......Page 87
Cissexual Gender Entitlement......Page 88
The Myth of Cissexual Birth Privilege......Page 90
Trans-Facsimilation and Ungendering......Page 91
Moving Beyond “Bio Boys” and “Genetic Girls”......Page 93
Third-Gendering and Third-Sexing......Page 94
Passing-Centrism......Page 95
Taking One’s Gender for Granted......Page 97
Distinguishing Between Transphobia and Cissexual Privilege......Page 99
Trans-Exclusion......Page 101
Trans-Objectification......Page 102
Trans-Mystification......Page 103
Trans-Interrogation......Page 104
Trans-Erasure......Page 105
Changing Gender Perception, Not Performance......Page 106
Capitalizing on Transsexuality and Intersexuality......Page 109
Toying with Gender-Ambiguous Characters......Page 112
Fables of the Deconstruction......Page 114
PART 2 - Trans Women, Femininity, and Feminism......Page 119
Chapter 10 - Experiential Gender......Page 120
Chapter 11 - Deconstructive Surgery......Page 126
Chapter 12 - Bending Over Backwards: Traditional Sexism and .........Page 128
Chapter 13 - Self-Deception......Page 135
Chapter 14 - Trans-Sexualization......Page 137
Chapter 15 - Submissive Streak......Page 146
Chapter 16 - Love Rant......Page 148
Effemimania and Feminine Expression......Page 150
Enforced Ignorance and the Mystification of Femininity......Page 153
Crossdresser Development......Page 156
Demystifying Femininity and Unlearning Masculinity......Page 158
Rethinking “Male Privilege”......Page 163
Chapter 18 - Barrette Manifesto......Page 167
Origins of Femininity......Page 168
Sexist Interpretations of Femininity......Page 171
Feminist Interpretations of Femininity......Page 174
The Ramifications of Artificializing Femininity......Page 178
Chapter 20 - The Future of Queer/Trans Activism......Page 183
Notes......Page 191
Credits......Page 223
Acknowledgements......Page 224
About the Author......Page 227
