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How to Understand Your Gender : a Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are /

By: Iantaffi, Alex.
Contributor(s): Barker, Meg-John [author].
Publisher: London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2018Description: 290 pages : ill. ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text Media type: unmediated | computer Carrier type: volume | online resourceISBN: 9781784505172; 9781784505172:.Subject(s): Gender identity | Sex differencesDDC classification: 155.33
Contents:
How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker ; Foreword by S. Bear Bergman; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section 1: What Is Gender?; 1.1 What words mean; 1.2 Sex/gender and gender/sexuality; 1.3 Gender is biopsychosocial; 1.4 Multiple dimensions: Identities, roles, expressions, experiences; Section 2: How the World Sees Gender; 2.1 Gender across time and space; 2.2 Gender stereotypes; 2.3 Impact of gender stereotypes; 2.4 Masculinities, femininities, androgynies, and beyond; Section 3: Your Gender Background.
3.1 'It's a ... ': The sex you were assigned at birth3.2 Intersections; 3.3 Growing up gendered: Learning over time; 3.4 Telling your gender story; Section 4: Your Current Experience of Gender; 4.1 Your current gender ; 4.2 Gender in your current intersections; 4.3 Gender binaries and how you relate to them; 4.4 Gender in your wider world, institutions, relationships, and self; Section 5: Identifying and Living Your Gender; 5.1 Identifying our gender/s; 5.2 Gendered words and descriptors; 5.3 Gender and bodies; 5.4 Everyday expressions; Section 6: Gender, Relationships, and Sexuality.
6.1 Sharing your gender with those around you6.2 Intimacy; 6.3 Different kinds of relationships; 6.4 Sexuality and sexual practices; Section 7: Gender Pioneers and Gender Warriors; 7.1 Finding role models; 7.2 Finding community (if you want to); 7.3 Community: Support and tensions; 7.4 Changing the world!; Conclusions; Index; Blank Page.
Summary: Have you ever questioned your own gender identity? Do you know somebody who is transgender or who identifies as non-binary? Do you ever feel confused when people talk about gender diversity? This down-to-earth guide is for anybody who wants to know more about gender, from its biology, history and sociology, to how it plays a role in our relationships and interactions with family, friends, partners and strangers.
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How to Understand Your Gender: A Practical Guide for Exploring Who You Are by Alex Iantaffi and Meg-John Barker ; Foreword by S. Bear Bergman; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section 1: What Is Gender?; 1.1 What words mean; 1.2 Sex/gender and gender/sexuality; 1.3 Gender is biopsychosocial; 1.4 Multiple dimensions: Identities, roles, expressions, experiences; Section 2: How the World Sees Gender; 2.1 Gender across time and space; 2.2 Gender stereotypes; 2.3 Impact of gender stereotypes; 2.4 Masculinities, femininities, androgynies, and beyond; Section 3: Your Gender Background.

3.1 'It's a ... ': The sex you were assigned at birth3.2 Intersections; 3.3 Growing up gendered: Learning over time; 3.4 Telling your gender story; Section 4: Your Current Experience of Gender; 4.1 Your current gender ; 4.2 Gender in your current intersections; 4.3 Gender binaries and how you relate to them; 4.4 Gender in your wider world, institutions, relationships, and self; Section 5: Identifying and Living Your Gender; 5.1 Identifying our gender/s; 5.2 Gendered words and descriptors; 5.3 Gender and bodies; 5.4 Everyday expressions; Section 6: Gender, Relationships, and Sexuality.

6.1 Sharing your gender with those around you6.2 Intimacy; 6.3 Different kinds of relationships; 6.4 Sexuality and sexual practices; Section 7: Gender Pioneers and Gender Warriors; 7.1 Finding role models; 7.2 Finding community (if you want to); 7.3 Community: Support and tensions; 7.4 Changing the world!; Conclusions; Index; Blank Page.

Have you ever questioned your own gender identity? Do you know somebody who is transgender or who identifies as non-binary? Do you ever feel confused when people talk about gender diversity? This down-to-earth guide is for anybody who wants to know more about gender, from its biology, history and sociology, to how it plays a role in our relationships and interactions with family, friends, partners and strangers.

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