Beyond Binary Sex and Gender Ideology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23575568 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cary Gabriel Costello (0009-0005-9541-5122, Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Pages | 199-220 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Body and Embodiment (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190842475.013.14 |
| OpenAlex | W2996071614 |
| ISBN | 9780190842475 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 11 |
Perceived as natural and universal, the framing of sex and gender as binaries is in fact a cultural ideology. The empirical reality is that sex is a spectrum, manifesting in a wide array of sex variance, some of it formally categorized as intersex by scientists and doctors, and some not. This article gives an overview of how different societies have organized sex and gender into three, four, or more categories, and of the imposition of binary sex/gender as part of the European colonialist project. It then presents case histories examining four transgender and/or intersex individuals in the contemporary context, illustrating how individuals negotiate, exploit, or subvert binary sex/gender ideologies in conceptualizing physical sex variance and gender transition.
Context (archaeology) · Framing (construction) · Geography · Ideology · Negotiation · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Transgender · Gender Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes · Psychology · Race, Genetics, and Society · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |