Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

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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. 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