Gender Is a Complex Number and the Case for Trans Phantoms

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ID4817330
AuthorsJ Langer (0000-0003-4566-4970), S J Langer (IS practice, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume23
Issue2
Pages136-145
Publication date2022-04-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudies in Gender and Sexuality (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1524-0657 • E-ISSN: 1940-9206
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15240657.2022.2072577
OpenAlexW4285010001
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited16

Gender is not only a spectrum; it is a complex number. Each individual has their own unique multidimensional number of gender. Gender as a complex number has developed from the gender algorithm. This conceptualization of gender is seated in theorizing gender from a Bayesian brain foundation, specifically the Free Energy Principle. The phenomenon of phantoms in transgender, transsexual, and nonbinary (TGNB) people has only recently been a subject of inquiry. This article builds on ideas developed through clinical practice and harvested from multidisciplinary theory and research. It applies my theories of interoceptive gender and the gender algorithm to formulations of gender. It will demonstrate how these relate to the theory of trans phantoms, which has important clinical implications and applications for TGNB subjectivity and embodiment

Conceptualization · Epistemology · Gender bias · Gender identity · Multidisciplinary approach · Phenomenon · Psychoanalysis · Social science · Sociology · Subjectivity · Theory · Transgender · Transsexual · Action Observation and Synchronization · Computer Science · Embodied and Extended Cognition · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Psychology · Social Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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