The Gendered Self Further commentary on the transsexual phenomenon

by Anne M. Vitale

Book Overview

Based on the author's experience in treating over 500 gender dysphoric individuals over the last 26 years, The Gendered Self is the story of what it's like to be born into and to live out one's life as a transsexual in a cissexual world. The author starts by showing how the developing brain is genderized in-utero and how that process can go awry leaving affected individuals sex/gender incongruent. Although hormonal and surgical means is the current...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0557735335
• ISBN13: 9780557735334
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 148 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"