Presentations of Gender
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| Rating | : | 4.60 (954 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300054742 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"EARLY BOOK ON "GENDER DISORDERS"" according to James L. Park. Robert J. Stoller, MDPresentations of Gender(New Haven, CT: Yale UP, 1985) 219 pages Continuing the observations contained in his earlier books,Stoller draws on further years of experience with clientswho came to him with "gender disorders", an expressionthat seems to cover any variation from standard sex or gender:boys who were 'feminine', t
How do boys come to perceive of themselves as masculine and girls as feminine? Stoller explores this question by discussing development and disorder in gender identity, demonstrating how aberrant conditions can help to understand gender development in less unusual men and women.