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Hierarchy of bodies

Started by Natasha, April 26, 2009, 09:36:29 AM

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April 26, 2009, 09:36:29 AM
Hierarchy of bodies

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/25/transgender-rights
4/25/09

When your body and gender identity are aligned you exist with what is known as cisgender privilege. For those of us that are born this way, there are many forms of discrimination we do not have to face as long as we live with the gender image that has become normalised in our social understanding. Khadjiah Farmer learnt that transgressing the strict understanding of gender as male or female (what is known as the gender binary) – by challenging what it means to be understood as female and by dressing in what society has declared as male clothing – can be enough to get one forcibly removed from a public bathroom. This is an issue that those that are transgender face every day if they fail to "pass" as the gender to which they identify.
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