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A Stranger in My Own Body: Atypical Gender Identity Development and Mental Health » Read Now
by Domenico Di Ceglie, David Freedman. 342 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

This book brings together the contemporary thinking of a number of international clinicians, researchers and professionals from different disciplines. It shows the various perspectives that can be adopted on atypical gender identity development, and its relevance to mental health in children and...
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This book brings together the contemporary thinking of a number of international clinicians, researchers and professionals from different disciplines. It shows the various perspectives that can be adopted on atypical gender identity development, and its relevance to mental health in children and adolescents. It is aimed at a multidisciplinary professional readership, as well as the interested lay reader.
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Is Gender Identity Disorder in Children a Mental Disorder?, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by Nancy H. Bartlett, Paul L. Vasey, William M. Bukowski. 34 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Is Gender Identity Disorder in Children a Mental Disorder...were evaluated to determine whether Gender Identity Disorder (GID) in children meets the...controversy by asking...
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How Can Awareness of Gender Identity Improve the Performance of Students?, in Journal of College Reading and Learning » Read Now
by Michael Slavkin. 9 pgs.

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...How can awareness of gender identity improve the performance of students...assigned based on gender. Gender Identity and Schematic Representations...understanding of...
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The Psychology of Sexual Orientation, Behavior, and Identity: A Handbook (Chap. 16 "Gender Identity Disorders: A Developmental Perspective") » Read Now
by Louis Diamant, Richard D. McAnulty. 526 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

This comprehensive overview of research, issues, and theories relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity by experts in various disciplines is unique in providing both historical perspectives and a synthesis of the recent advances in understanding homosexuality and heterosexuality...
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This comprehensive overview of research, issues, and theories relating to sexual orientation, behavior, and identity by experts in various disciplines is unique in providing both historical perspectives and a synthesis of the recent advances in understanding homosexuality and heterosexuality. Drawing from biological and psychological research, this major reference explores the major theories about orientation; summarizes recent developments in genetic and neuroanatomic research; considers the role of social institutions in shaping current beliefs; and discusses the social construction of gender, sexuality, and sexual identity. The handbook also describes sexual dysfunctions in ton-clinical populations, clinical disorders, and important social issues. Experts address the continuing controversy over the feasibility of altering sexual orientation; practical concerns such as disability and illness; new developments in treating sexual and personal problems within heterosexual and homosexual populations; and perspectives about sexual deviations today. This handbook is designed for the use of educators, students, and researchers in the social and behavioral sciences.
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Gender Attitudes, Feminist Identity, and Body Images among College Women, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by Thomas F. Cash, Julie R. Ancis, Melissa D. Strachan. 15 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...self-presentation that are a core part of gender identity and gender-role enactment. Women...281-289. Klingenspor, B. (1994). Gender identity and bulimic eating...
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Gender, Identity, and the Production of Meaning ("The Feminist Context for a Gender-Sensitive Approach to the Self" begins on p. 17) » Read Now
by Tamsin E. Lorraine. 228 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Gender, Identity, and the Production of Meaning FEMINIST...Alison Jaggar, Series Editors Gender, Identity, and the Production of Meaning...Oppression, and Revolution , Ann...
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Sex Differences in Referral Rates of Children with Gender Identity Disorder: Some Hypothesis, in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology » Read Now
by Kenneth J. Zucker, Susan J. Bradley, Mohammad Sanikhani. 11 pgs.

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...referral rates of children with gender identity disorder: some hypothesis...1995, our Child and Adolescent Gender Identity Clinic had a referral ratio...preliminary study...
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Gender Identity and Adjustment in Middle Childhood, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by Priscilla R. Carver, Jennifer L. Yunger, David G. Perry. 15 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Gender identity and adjustment in middle childhood...Jennifer L. Yunger , David G. Perry Gender identity is a central construct in many accounts...1966) and Zucker et al...
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The Gendered Society (Chap. 4 "'So, That Explains It': Psychological Perspectives on Gender Development") » Read Now
by Michael S. Kimmel. 324 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

They say that we come from different planets (men from Mars, women from Venus), that we have different brain chemistries and hormones, and that we listen, speak, and even define our morals differently. How is it then that men and women live together, take the same classes in school, eat the same...
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They say that we come from different planets (men from Mars, women from Venus), that we have different brain chemistries and hormones, and that we listen, speak, and even define our morals differently. How is it then that men and women live together, take the same classes in school, eat the same food, read the same books, and receive grades according to the same criteria? In The Gendered Society, Michael S. Kimmel examines our basic beliefs about gender, arguing that men and women are more alike than we have ever imagined. Kimmel begins his discussion by observing that all cultures share the notion that men and women are different, and that the logical extension of this assumption is that gender differences cause the obvious inequalities between the sexes. In fact, he asserts that the reverse is true--gender inequality causes the differences between men and women. Gender is not simply a quality inherent in each individual--it is deeply embedded in society's fundamental institutions: the family, school, and the workplace. The issues surrounding gender are complex, and in order to clarify them, the author has included a review of the existing literature in related disciplines such as biology, anthropology, psychology and sociology. Finally, with an eye towards the future, Kimmel offers readers a glimpse at gender relations in the next millennium. Well-written, well-reasoned and authoritative, The Gendered Society provides a thorough overview of the current thinking about gender while persuasively arguing that it is time to reevaluate what we thought we knew about men and women.
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Parental Attachment and Gender-Role Identity, in Sex Roles: A Journal of Research » Read Now
by V.F. Haigler, H.D. Day, D.D. Marshall. 18 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...Parental attachment and gender-role identity. by V.F. Haigler...developmental correlates of gender-role identity, that is, an individuals basic...17-31. Spence, J. T...
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S/He: Changing Sex and Changing Clothes » Read Now
by Claudine Griggs. 160 pgs.

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Through an examination of the experience of transsexuals, this book enhances understanding of how gender can and does function in powerful, complex and subtle ways. The author, who has herself been surgically reassigned, has conducted extensive interviews with transsexuals from many walks of life...
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Through an examination of the experience of transsexuals, this book enhances understanding of how gender can and does function in powerful, complex and subtle ways. The author, who has herself been surgically reassigned, has conducted extensive interviews with transsexuals from many walks of life. Her personal experiences, which inform this book, have given her an access to her subjects that others would likely be denied. While highlighting how the gender identity of transsexuals relates to hormonal and surgical changes in the body as well as to changes in dress, the book investigates the pressures and motivations to conform to expected gender roles, and the ways in which these are affected by social, educational, and professional status. Differences in the experiences of those who change from male to female and those who change from female to male are also examined.Sex reassignment has been the focus of considerable media attention recently, as increasing numbers of people feel able to talk frankly about their personal experiences with gender dysphoria. Strides with medical technology have given transsexuals new opportunities in their lives. This book provides unique insights into how these changes are seen by those people most affected them.
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Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex » Read Now
by Alice Domurat Dreger. 257 pgs.

Collections: Entire Library

Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex takes us inside the doctors' chambers to see how and why medical and scientific men construed sex, gender, and sexuality as they did, and especially how the material conformation of hermaphroditic bodies - when combined with social exigencies - forced...
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Hermaphrodites and the Medical Invention of Sex takes us inside the doctors' chambers to see how and why medical and scientific men construed sex, gender, and sexuality as they did, and especially how the material conformation of hermaphroditic bodies - when combined with social exigencies - forced peculiar constructions. Throughout the book Dreger indicates how this history can help us to understand present-day conceptualizations of sex, gender, and sexuality. In an epilogue, she discusses and questions the protocols employed today in the treatment of intersexuals (people born hermaphroditic). Given the history recounted, should these protocols be reconsidered and revised?
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