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The Riddle of Gender: Science, Activism, and Transgender Rights

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Availability:In StockContributor:Deborah RudacillePublish date:2006-02-14Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780385721974ISBN-10:385721978UPC:9780385721974Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Gender Studies, Civil Rights, Political ProcessBook Topic:Political AdvocacySize:8.08 x 5.28 x 0.85 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCA7BKF3KN
When Deborah Rudacille learned that a close friend had decided to transition from female to male, she felt compelled to understand why.

Coming at the controversial subject of transsexualism from several angles-historical, sociological, psychological, medical-Rudacille discovered that gender variance is anything but new, that changing one's gender has been met with both acceptance and hostility through the years, and that gender identity, like sexual orientation, appears to be inborn, not learned, though in some people the sex of the body does not match the sex of the brain.

Informed not only by meticulous research, but also by the author's interviews with prominent members of the transgender community, The Riddle of Gender is a sympathetic and wise look at a sexual revolution that calls into question many of our most deeply held assumptions about what it means to be a man, a woman, and a human being.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780385721974ISBN-10:385721978UPC:9780385721974Book Category:Social Science, Political ScienceBook Subcategory:Gender Studies, Civil Rights, Political ProcessBook Topic:Political AdvocacySize:8.08 x 5.28 x 0.85 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCA7BKF3KN
Deborah Rudacille is a science writer at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of The Scalpel and the Butterfly: The Conflict Between Animal Research and Animal Protection. She lives in Baltimore.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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