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The Socio-Medical Construction of Transsexualism: An Interpretation and Critique
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This article examines transexualism and its treatment by sex-reassignment surgery. Physicians have drawn upon their previous experience with hermaphrodites and the psychological benefits of elective surgery to legitimate sex-change surgery for what they view as a distinct patient population, transexuals. We demonstrate that transexualism is a socially constructed reality which only exists in and through medical practice. Furthermore, we contend that sex-change surgery reflects and extends late-capitalist logics of reification and commodification, while simultaneously reaffirming traditional male and female gender roles.
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- Authors
- Billings, D. B., & Urban, T.
- Venue
- Social Problems
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1982-02
- Volume
- 29
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 266-282
- ISSN
- 0037-7791 (ISSN-L)
- 1533-8533
- OpenAlex
- W2014810940
- Cited by
- 174
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 1.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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