DYSPHORIA-SOCIAL

Question 1

what is social constructionism

Answer 1

GI reflects the concepts invented by societies in which the confusion is created by the forced selection of a sex

Question 2

where did MC Clinton’s study

Answer 2

Sambia of New Guinea

Question 3

what did clintock find

Answer 3

some are classed as women or men or females then males
this is due to a genetic condition causing a labia at birth which then develops into a penis
this is now judged as GD

Question 4

what is the psychoanalytical theory from Ovesey and Person

Answer 4

GD in males is caused by the boy experiencing extreme separation anxiety before gender identity is established and creates fantasies of his mother to remove anxiety

Question 5

STROLLER and the consequences of the boys development

Answer 5

boy develops a female GI
in interviews they had extremely close relationships with their mothers causing conflicted GI

Question 6

STRENGTH- social constructionism

Answer 6

not all cultures have two genders such as the fa’fafine of Samoa and now more people as non-binary

Question 7

LIMITATION- psychoanalytic theory

Answer 7

not an adequate account as only applies to transgender women
REKERS- more likely to be associated with the absence of a father rather than fear of separation from the mother