Every body is the same deep down no matter what; it is a part of factor
But trans people are their gender. I just…want something. Something. Which is different” (Lukoff 173).
As one race in one kingdom sharing one phylum, it is easy to think that everyone is the same. That people have no difference and it would be better if every human was all the same. From head to toe, there are differences, different clothing styles, different hair, and yes, even different skin color. Looking even deeper there are different likes, dislikes, passions, and humor. As humans we think individually, making us unique.
“Surely there is no more wretched sight than that of human body unloved and uncared for.” (Corrie ten Boom, The Hiding Place). We all breath the same air, come into this world equal, and yet every single one of us is different. Our humanity is multi-layered, and revolves around the fact that we can think freely and make choices of our own. The rest resides in our identity.
I am someone who has always been extremely comfortable with the person that I have grown to be, and in turn have always believed that I am exactly who I am meant to be. That being said, I myself have never taken into consideration what it must feel like to want to alter my gender. There has not been a time in
There are a lot of innate patterns of thinking and feeling that we hold true, yet we are all still human beings, unique in our own
World War II was a brutal and long war. It showed the world evils unimaginable, and millions lost their lives because of it. Jews and other groups were sent to concentration camps and death camps. Because of it, the world was forever changed, but WWII didn’t just happen overnight. There are many factors that helped start the war.
Transgender is the term used to describe an individual whose gender identity does not align with their sex assigned at birth. The documentary, “Growing up Trans”, is a sensitive clip to watch about young youths who attempt to navigate family, friends, gender, and the medical decisions they face at puberty. “Growing up Trans” focuses mainly on transitioned young youths. The transgender youth from the documentary links to many theories from chapter eight. Theories such as socialization, gender, sexuality, homophobia, transphobia, and microaggression are associated with “Growing up Trans”.
One longitudinal study spanning 27 years looked at a single patient who was a boy until the age of four, then underwent corrective surgery to become a girl and then chose to reverse the decision as a teenager (Dittmann, 1998). In the years before finally choosing to become a man, the patient exhibited strong masculine tendencies. She refused to wear a dress and always felt attracted to female friends, but never felt that she was a lesbian because she did not feel as if she was meant to be a woman (Dittmann, 1998). She became curious about her past surgeries and learned the truth about her past. With this in mind, she officially began the very long process of changing her gender.
Focusing its analysis on functional and dysfunctional aspects of the relationships seen throughout society, the theory of functional analysis holds a perspective that emphasizes the connections between groups in society, and how they influence one another (Henslin, James M. Sociology : A Down-to-Earth Approach : Core Concepts.). Being categorized as a woman throughout my life has affected my role in society most dramatically. The functionalist perspective embodies how my gender has influenced my identity, household, oppurtunities, religion, and how my role in these groups has influenced the society I live in. My gender most drastically affects my self identification, from the way I dress, to the way I act. Seconds after being born, I was
In this study they tested the idea of ‘nature or nurture’ when it comes to gender identity. The researcher that began this experiment was psychologist John Money. Money told David Reimer's parents to raise him as a girl. David became Brenda, had a constructed vagina and took hormone pills his whole childhood. When it was time for Brenda to check in with Money, Brenda's twin brother would come to the visits as well.
What we today see as genders is the norms that follow when born as a girl or as a boy. What is being connected to male norms of masculinity is strength, aggression and dominance, while woman more often than not follow norms such as passivity, nurturing and subordination. We have come to realise in recent years that your gender and your sex is not the same thing. The fact that there is not only two genders but a lot more is also something that has been discovered. Transgender is those who is born as one gender, but identifies as another.
Your choice of being masculine or feminine or what you want to identify as is already chosen after you are
The term “transgender” is a label that was never used until the mid 1960s. According to history, “Psychiatrist John F. Oliven of Columbia University coined the term transgender in his 1965 reference work Sexual Hygiene and Pathology (“Transgender”)”. When a transgender person desires to be the opposite gender, they may get an invasive surgery to fully transition into their new identity. Multiple transgender people have started to announce the having of the surgery has destroyed their future (Bindel). People have the right to be whatever gender they aspire to be, but transgender people should do public activities and should stay grouped with their biologically assigned sex.
A true transgender is determined to self-identify. Christine Jorgensen was asked on why some transsexuals are still in the same emotional shape even after transition and so Christine said: “There have been a few people who were unhappy about their status in life and they felt that the sexual reassignment surgery will change their life that much, and it really doesn’t. It’s who you are that’s important. I refer to it as a Cinderella syndrome. I’ve met cases who went from male to female thinking prince charming is coming around the corner on a white horse.
