Gender & Sexuality for Beginners by Garbacik, Jaimee
Gender & Sexuality for Beginners by Garbacik, Jaimee

Gender & Sexuality for Beginners

What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we...
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Author: Jaimee Garbacik
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Language: English
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Gender & Sexuality for Beginners by Garbacik, Jaimee

Gender & Sexuality for Beginners

$51.31
Gender & Sexuality for Beginners by Garbacik, Jaimee

Gender & Sexuality for Beginners

$51.31
Author: Jaimee Garbacik
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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What does sexual orientation mean if the very categories of gender are in question? How do we measure equality when our society's definitions of male and female leave out much of the population? There is no consensus on what a real man or woman is, where one's sex begins and ends, or what purpose the categories of masculine and feminine traits serve. While significant strides have been made in recent years on behalf of women's, gay and lesbian rights, there is still a large division between the law and day-to-day reality for LGBTQIA and female-identified individuals in American society. The practices, media outlets and institutions that privilege heterosexuality and traditional gender roles as natural need a closer examination.

Gender & Sexuality For Beginners considers the uses and limitations of biology in defining gender. Questioning gender and sex as both categories and forms of compulsory identification, it critically examines the issues in the historical and contemporary construction, meaning and perpetuation of gender roles. Gender & Sexuality For Beginners interweaves neurobiology, psychology, feminist, queer and trans theory, as well as historical gay and lesbian activism to offer new perspectives on gender inequality, ultimately pointing to the clear inadequacy of gender categories and the ways in which the sex-gender system oppresses us all.



Author: Jaimee Garbacik
Publisher: For Beginners
Published: 06/11/2013
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.30w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781934389690


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/01/2013

About the Author
Jaimee Garbacik is the owner and founder of Footnote Editorial Services. An editor, writer and publishing consultant, she specializes in short story collections, young adult and literary fiction, cultural anthropology, gender studies, queer theory and food writing. Jaimee cut her teeth in publishing as the acquisitions editor for a major literary agency in Manhattan, handling editorial development for the agency's more than 200 clients world-wide. Jaimee lives in Seattle, WA, where she is a member of the governing body at The Vera Project, a youth-led music and arts venue that provides experiential learning opportunities for all ages.
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