Friedman, Asia. <br/><br/>
Blind to sameness :  sexpectations and the social construction of male and female bodies / 
Asia Friedman. 
 - x, 210 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-205) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226023465 9780226023632 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012044071 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sex differences (Psychology)--Social aspects.<br/>Sex differences--Social aspects.<br/>Sex recognition (Zoology)--Social aspects.<br/>Body image--Social aspects.<br/>Perception--Social aspects.<br/>Social perception.<br/>Transgender people--Interviews.<br/>Blind--Interviews.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BF692.2  / .F75 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.3