male femaling

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An amateurish review of ‘Male Femaling: A grounded theory approach to cross-dressing and sex-changing’

I’ve re-read Male Femaling: A grounded theory approach to cross-dressing and sex-changing (Routledge, 2002. ISBN 0-203-42645-2 [eBook]) by sociologist Richard Ekins (I got a PDF somewhere). It’s not light reading, and probably the longest academic study I have read about the whole subject. Some things will be familiar to all kinds […]

Reflecting upon transgenderism

While I was on my short “forced” vacations, I had brought with me a PDF copy of Richard Ekins’ Male Femaling: A grounded theory approach to cross-dressing and sex-changing. It’s an academic study from 15 years ago, and thus slightly outdated, which tries to formulate a framework for discussing transgenderism, travestism, […]