Blind to sameness : sexpectations and the social construction of male and female bodies /
Friedman, Asia.
Blind to sameness : sexpectations and the social construction of male and female bodies / Asia Friedman. - x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-205) and index.
Introduction -- Toward a sociology of perception -- Expectations, selective attention, and social construction -- Filter analysis -- Selective perception and the social construction of sex -- Sexpectations and socio-mental control -- Sex difference as a social filter -- Perception and the social construction of the body -- Selective attention: what we actually see when we see sex -- Transdar and transition: transgender "expert" knowledge of sex cues -- The sound of sex -- A sex cue can be anything (as long as it provides information about sex) -- Cognitive distortions in seeing sex -- Polarization -- Blind to sameness -- Transgender narratives and the filter of transition -- A blind phenomenology of sexed bodies -- Sex differences in proportion -- Seeking sameness -- Sex without polarization -- Drawing textbooks: sameness despite polarization -- Genitals, gonads, and genes -- Sex sameness as a rhetorical strategy -- Conclusion: excess, continua, and the flexible mind -- Emphasizing excess -- The sex/gender continuum -- Cognitive flexibility -- Appendix: methodological notes.
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Sex differences (Psychology)--Social aspects.
Sex differences--Social aspects.
Sex recognition (Zoology)--Social aspects.
Body image--Social aspects.
Perception--Social aspects.
Social perception.
Transgender people--Interviews.
Blind--Interviews.
BF692.2 / .F75 2013
305.3
Blind to sameness : sexpectations and the social construction of male and female bodies / Asia Friedman. - x, 210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-205) and index.
Introduction -- Toward a sociology of perception -- Expectations, selective attention, and social construction -- Filter analysis -- Selective perception and the social construction of sex -- Sexpectations and socio-mental control -- Sex difference as a social filter -- Perception and the social construction of the body -- Selective attention: what we actually see when we see sex -- Transdar and transition: transgender "expert" knowledge of sex cues -- The sound of sex -- A sex cue can be anything (as long as it provides information about sex) -- Cognitive distortions in seeing sex -- Polarization -- Blind to sameness -- Transgender narratives and the filter of transition -- A blind phenomenology of sexed bodies -- Sex differences in proportion -- Seeking sameness -- Sex without polarization -- Drawing textbooks: sameness despite polarization -- Genitals, gonads, and genes -- Sex sameness as a rhetorical strategy -- Conclusion: excess, continua, and the flexible mind -- Emphasizing excess -- The sex/gender continuum -- Cognitive flexibility -- Appendix: methodological notes.
9780226023465 9780226023632
2012044071
Sex differences (Psychology)--Social aspects.
Sex differences--Social aspects.
Sex recognition (Zoology)--Social aspects.
Body image--Social aspects.
Perception--Social aspects.
Social perception.
Transgender people--Interviews.
Blind--Interviews.
BF692.2 / .F75 2013
305.3