نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 کارشناس ارشد مطالعات زنان، دانشگاه الزهرا
2 دانشیار دانشگاه الزهرا
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Transsexuality is a disorder in gender identity. Transsexuals consider themselves as belonged to the opposite gender. They discomfort with their own sexual-physical condition, and try to change for a better and more desirable situation by taking hormones and performing surgeries. The main goal of this paper is to study the aspect of gender domination in transsexuals’ lives. Accordingly, twelve transsexuals (six FtM and six MtF) were interviewed in a structured in-depth way. Results were analyzed using grounded theory and were categorized to 16 main themes through data coding table. In addition, results include 3 primary themes and 43 secondary themes. The main themes contain family reaction to transsexuality, social interaction, and stigma because of transsexuality. A comparison of two groups of transsexuals shows the gender domination on their experience in different ways: MtFs report more social pressure than FtMs. Female-natured boys confront a more intense social rejection and financial boycott, because it is more difficult to accept a man who wishes to be a woman than a woman who is willing to be a man. Therefore, the behaviors of transsexuals are regarded as shameful more vastly among female-natured. The reason is it resembles losing “manly honor” that could be regarded as a kind of regeneration of “masculinity statement”.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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