The Truth About Me Annotated Bibliography

Hannah Carson, a 16-year-old high school girl, has a secret that only she and her immediate family knows because if the news would to ever be revealed, she would be regarded as a freak in the eyes of society. For as long as Hannah could remember, she has been told by her parents that she should use the female’s bathroom even though she personally identifies herself as a male. Hannah is what society calls a transgender. She and many others like her are starting to emerge into the mainstream society to express their feelings and take their rights. This can be seen in the article “Bathroom Battlegrounds and Penis Panics” which is about should people who have penises be permitted or restricted from using female restrooms. We will analyze this article through several sociological key concepts.

Before discussing any of the above topics it is important to understand the following vocabulary, since they will be used throughout the paper and misunderstanding of such terms can originate confusion or inadequate conclusions and ideas towards the material discussed in this paper. The term definitions for this paper are obtained from Susan Stryker 's book, Transgender History (Stryker, 2008). The reason

I believe you can achieve anything you want in life with hard work, dedication, and passion. There are many experiences I have gone through that have helped shaped who I am today. I may not have control over certain situations, but I have a choice on how it affects me.

This essay will argue that the likelihood of harm will increase if it were a male student requesting to be reassigned from his female partner because there are unlying negative connotations relating female gender that would be in some sense be supported by the professor if he/she was to accommodate this request. This may lead to the female student feeling that this decision was based on ideologies of gender that placed masculinity on a superior level than femininity. This claim may be highly contested by men’s rights activists who increasingly advocate against the demonization of the male gender ( Sundaram 2014). But while it is important to have equality between the male and female genders, it also important to acknowledge that differentiation of gender often relates to the objectification of women. Differences in gender cannot be understood solely based on biological terms. Patriarchal ideologies have become deeply rooted through historical structures and are further perpetuated through the everyday actions of individuals in society. Gender differences can be used to describe a binary relationship and can be a primary field within which or by means of which power is articulated. Therefore gender is not obsolete in the discussion of social relations. As a result, religious accommodation

This research has taken a narrative methodolgy as this approach recognises that realities are socially constructed, and that human actions and agency are contingent on socio cultural, political and historical influences (Gill and Goodson, 2011). Using in depth semi structured interviews will ensure that trans-people have the best opportunity to express their story and impart the information that they feel is important to them. A structured interview approach would endanger the research in that the questions would have to be chosen prior to data collection and therefore could reflect assumptions the researcher had made and as the information shared is

Who hasn't been told to "just be yourself and people will like you?" It seems like such a simple notion. But what if being yourself could lead to harassment, rejection, isolation, unemployment, homelessness, physical violence, or even death? Not so simple anymore, is it? Sadly, this situation is one that confronts transgendered people worldwide on a daily basis.

In the article, The Real Christian Debate on Transgender Identity, author Emma Green tackles the topic of controversy between the various interpretations of Christianity about the idea of the transgender identity. The article is controversial as it displays two contrasting perceptions of the biblical appliance in acknowledging the transgender identity. Green provides an array of examples of both sides of the debate, those Christians that perceive that the Bible claims that transgender identity seizes to exist and those who advocate for the existence of transgendered individuals. The article begins by addressing the recent transition and exposure of Caitlyn

Write an essay to explain what you have discovered about yourself. What are your strengths? How has your Pathway Academic Start experience enriched or challenged you? What goals will you work toward accomplishing as you move forward?

I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked. It was almost impossible to do this assignment last year. Now, I have to do it again with completely new content. Fuck. The assignment, Three Details About Me, forces students to write about themselves and their feelings. Such a task is horrifying to any pubescent. But, if you really want to know three important details about me, which I highly doubt, you are in luck. Three important details about me are I am not normal, I enjoy English class, and I want to improve my grammar.

In the first telling of my personal narrative, I did not consider including what had led me to a point where I began to embrace my identities and become proud of my heritage as Korean. There were many factors that led me to be who I am today. The reason for leaving out the information was because there were so many people and occurrences that led me to the point where I am now. For example, moving to different elementary school where there were more diverse body of students, annually performing at the Mosaic in the Korean pavilion, my parents being a positive role model, and becoming a volunteer teacher at the Korean Language School are some of the reasons which have led me to be who I am today. As I was surrounded by people who were interested

I was born _name__ on _date__ in _place__. I am a son, brother, uncle, nephew, cousin, and friend. I was desperately shy as a small child, but grew out of it. My teen years were happy times sports, friends, summers spent in __place_. It all helped shape me into who I am today. My interests are many. I have always enjoyed reading about history and follow the history channel faithfully. I love music. It's been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I find it calming when life gets rocky.

This is a significant aspect of the course because the article examines the strengths and weaknesses of femininity through a cultural Muslim perspective and the reading is a prime example of how ideologies regarding race affect those involved. In class we have discussed the significances of social constructs and how assumptions are made on the basis of physical characteristics. In this situation, identity is related to gender as Muslim women are categorized as both good/respectful and rebellious/evil individuals because they are apart of a culture where they are both oppressed and liberated simultaneously.

Revathy, A. and V. Geetha. The Truth About Me: A Hijra Life Story. New Delhi: Penguin, 2011.

This paper explores the idea of feminism represented by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni. The paper uses method of dialogism and second wave of feminism to critically examine palace of illusions. Walking back to the 1600 B.C and the longest poems of all time Mahabharata which consists of 1,00,000 versus of shlokas. Mahabharata itself means 'Great India'. The title first selected by the writer of Mahabharata, ved vyasa was 'Jaya' which means 'victory'.Mahabharata an Indian mythological epic is the most adopted modern fiction.

She makes an important point when trying to go beyond the female (otherness), by paying careful attention to differences among women themselves, and by putting emphasize on the multiple realties that women faces, and by that trying to uncover universalist interpretations (Parpart and Marchand 1995:6). She reveals the inadequacy of binary categories by showing us how power is defined in binary terms, between the people who have (men) and the people who do not (women). This is a consequence of seeing women as a homogenous group, and contributes to the reinforcement of the binary division between men and women (Mohanty 1991:64). By assuming that women are a already constituted group with the same experiences and interests, gender is looked upon as something that can be applied cross cultures (Mohanty 1991:54), and it also produces an assumption about the “average third world woman” as poor and uneducated, in contrast to the educated, modern Western women (Mohanty 1991:56). Implicit in the binary analytic lies the assumption that the third world woman only can be liberated through western rationality. Mohanty is making an important point when emphasising the need to challenge these objectifications (Udayagiri 1995:163).