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Autore |
Voss Heinz-Jürgen |
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Titolo |
The Intricacy of the Human Sexes / / Voß, Heinz-Jürgen, Voß, Heinz-Jürgen, Hieke, Anton, Böhm, Maika, Stumpe, Harald, Voß, Heinz-Jürgen, Weller, Konrad |
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Gießen, : Psychosozial-Verlag, 2021 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (177 pages) |
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Collana |
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Angewandte Sexualwissenschaft |
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biological sex |
discrimination |
binarity |
philosophy |
history |
diversity |
variety |
sexuality |
sex |
gender |
medicine |
sexology |
science |
germany |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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[1. English edition 2021] |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword to the English Translation of the 4th Edition Foreword to the 1st German Edition Introduction Women and some Men against Naturalness History and Topicality: Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler Why considering »Naturalness«? Contra »Naturalness« – Emancipatory Arguing for the Education of Women Differences as the Product of Society:The Human Being as a Social One Poverty and Limiting Recent Gender Research to the Privileged Classes The Human Being as a Social One Evolutionary Thinking and its Potential for Social |
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Change Historical Biological Theories of Sex – Theories of Two or More Sexes Too Simplistic: The Current State of Research in Gender Studies Concerning the Biological Theories of the Sexes Antiquity – The »One-Sex« and »Two-Sex« Models The Middle-Ages – Not Just Reducing but Creative Humorism and the Theory of the Temperaments Theories of Preformation in the Seventeenth Century – Describing Differences of the Sexes The Transition to the Developmental Concept (Epigenesis) – Descriptions of Sameness May Tie In Analogy and Sameness, as Tied in With Developmental Theories Human Beings are Paired in Themselves – Being Adult »Female-Males« and »Male-Females« »Activity«, »Advancement«, »Lag« – Descriptions of the Differences of the Sexes Which Tie in with Developmental Theories Detailed Descriptions of Differences »Newer« Evolutionary Theories After Charles Dawin – Differences of the Sexes and Emancipatory »Romanticizing Darwin« Conclusions Current Biological Theories of the Sexes The Sexes between Brain, Muscles, and Microscopic Particles Procreation as a Characteristic of the Species – and the Individual Form of Human Genitalia The Formation of the Genitalia in the Development of the Embryo Gonads, Germ Cells and Eventually Chromosomes and Genes: Do They Prove Sexual Binarity? Development and Differentiation: The Transition to Process Orientation in Current Theories of the Development of the Sexes Conclusions Closing Quoted and Recommended (*) Literature |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Little defines human life more than the biological sexes. The concept of the binary sexes greatly affects our choices given in society, our income, and our visibility. Moreover, it is also the root for profound discrimination. Today, the idea that the binary sexes are nature-given is so intrinsically woven into the fabric of human life that we tend to forget just how modern the concept is. We also tend to forget that it does not have to be more than a bump on the path to a just society. Drawing from philosophical, historical, and biological perspectives, the author challenges existing beliefs in the inevitability of the binary nature of the human sexes. The study compellingly argues for the existence of many biological sexes, not merely two. It also outlines just how otherwise overcome assumptions still shape our seemingly modern understanding of the most basic classification of our societies: that of the biological sexes and the attributes piled upon them. |
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