Gender Blending

Gender Blending
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Publisher : Indiana University Press
Total Pages : 196
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ISBN-10 : 0253116139
ISBN-13 : 9780253116130
Rating : 4/5 (130 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Gender Blending by : Aaron H. Devor

Download or read book Gender Blending written by Aaron H. Devor and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1989-10-22 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A major contribution to the understanding of gender." -- Anne Bolin "Its readable style achieves a unique balance of the personal with scientific rigor." -- Contemporary Sociology "Holly Devor's Gender Blending is a pathfinding study that creates a new frontier in sex and gender research." -- Journal of the History of Sexuality "... a fascinating study... " -- Choice Fifteen women who have to varying degrees rejected traditional femininity, but not their femaleness, discuss their lives with Devor. These women, sometimes mistaken for men, choose to minimize their female vulnerability in a patriarchal world by minimizing their femininity.


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