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Reading Trans Biology as a Feminist Sociologist
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Lane, Riki |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Description | Feminist analysis has often rejected ideas that biology influences gender development as inherently reactionary. However, some trans people have found personal and political utility in making the argument that they were “born this way.” This essay argues for an understanding of nature and culture that aims to supersede a division of bodies as authentic and real versus constructed and mutable—reappraising scientific understandings of sex and gender can overcome this false dichotomy. Recent biological and neurological research has shifted from linear determinism toward ideas of nonlinearity, contingency, self-organization, and open-endedness. Feminist and trans studies engagement with such research offers ways around theoretical impasses and can assist struggles for social and political change. |
| Related Links | http://tsq.dukejournals.org/content/3/1-2/185.full.pdf |
| Ending Page | 191 |
| Page Count | 7 |
| Starting Page | 185 |
| ISSN | 23289252 |
| e-ISSN | 23289260 |
| DOI | 10.1215/23289252-3334367 |
| Journal | Tsq: Transgender Studies Quarterly |
| Issue Number | 1-2 |
| Volume Number | 3 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Cultural Studies Trans Biology Political Feminist Sociologist Rejected Ideas Gender Development Inherently Reactionary Open Endedness |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Gender Studies Cultural Studies |
