Trans* Women’s Experiences of Epistemic Misrecognition in Swedish Law and Society

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ID12425902
AuthorsZara Saeidzadeh (0000-0002-1464-8874, Örebro University School of Humanities Education and Social Sciences—Centre for Feminist Social Studies , Fakultetsgatan , Orebro 701 82, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume32
Issue4
Pages1207-1231
Publication date2025-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/sp/jxaf019
OpenAlexW4409872873
LanguageEN
References cited33

This article aims to highlight social injustice experienced by trans* women in Sweden, drawing on diverse experiences encompassing (in)direct, ignorant, interpersonal harms as well as institutionalized and structural discrimination. The concept of epistemic misrecognition in this article draws on Fricker’s notion of epistemic injustice and Fraser’s idea of status misrecognition, emphasizing misrecognition as the root cause of epistemic injustices. Using twenty-four semi-structured interviews with trans* women and trans* activists in Sweden, as well as relevant laws and policies, I argue that the lack of status recognition in society at individual, institutional, and structural levels results in trans* women experiencing various forms of testimonial and hermeneutical injustices

Epistemology · Law and economics · Political science · Sociology · Feminist Epistemology and Gender Studies · Gender Politics and Representation · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy

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