"Transsexuality" and gender ratio in Poland
A case study on the East/West dichotomy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3666824 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ludmiła Janion (0000-0002-7325-1172, American Studies Center, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 2539-2559 |
| Publication date | 2023-09-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2022.2071135 |
| PMID | 35575760 |
| OpenAlex | W4280599583 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
The article investigates scientific and journalistic discourses around differences in gender ratio among trans persons. The disparity between Poland and many other countries that was first noted in the 1980s was repeatedly associated with the different gender politics in the capitalist West and the (post) state-socialist East. Using Foucauldian methodology, the article claims that this discourse was constructed such that Poland's ratio-and consequently Poland's gender order-would always appear problematic, while Western countries were considered an invisible standard. Discourses around this ratio elucidate the role of heteronormativity and biological essentialism in the construction of the category of "transsexuality" in state-socialist Poland. The analysis also reveals that chronologies of LGBT and feminist movements had direct consequences for the theoretical and cultural spaces of trans identities
Essentialism · Gender equality · Heteronormativity · Political science · Politics · Queer · Sociology · State (computer science · European history and politics · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Law · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |