{"product_id":"gender-blending-confronting-the-limits-of-duality-paperback-softback-9780253205339","title":"Gender Blending; Confronting the Limits of Duality (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253205339","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGender Blending\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eConfronting the Limits of Duality\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAaron Devor (Author), Holly Devor (Other)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253205339, Indiana University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 October 1989\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages, 7 b\u0026amp;w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.1 cm, 0.281 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Devor's Gender Blending is a pathfinding study that creates a new frontier in sex and gender research.\"—\u003ci\u003eJournal of the History of Sexuality\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Its readable style achieves a unique balance of the personal with scientific rigor.\"—\u003ci\u003eContemporary Sociology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \". . . a fascinating study . . .\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A major contribution to the understanding of gender.\"—Anne Bolin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGender Blending \u003c\/i\u003eexamines the social construction of gender and its implications for the lives of gender blending females and for society in general. Aaron Devor constructs a theory which interprets gender as a social distinction related to, but different from, biological sex. Devor defines gender as a status learned by displaying the culturally defined insignia of the gender category with which one identifies.\u003cbr\u003e Fifteen women who have to varying degrees rejected traditional femininity, but not their femaleness, discuss their lives with Devor. These women, sometimes mistaken for men, choose to minimize their female vulnerability in a patriarchal world by minimizing their femininity. During childhood, their reaction to their secondary status in society, as potential victims of violence and exploitation, was often to be a tomboy. Now, in adulthood, their gender identity does not fit either of the two roles socially and culturally defined as feminine and masculine.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Gender Blending\u003c\/i\u003e offers a deeper appreciation of the social construction of gender. Any woman who has questioned the value of the concept of femininity will find the experiences of these gender blending females revealing and important to a view of woman's place in the patriarchy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676655120664,"sku":"9780253205339","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/gender-blending-confronting-the-limits-of-duality-paperback-softback-9780253205339","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}