Transgender Exigency

<p>At no other point in human history have the definitions of woman and man male and female masculine and feminine been more contentious than now. This book advances a pragmatic approach to the act of defining that acknowledges the important ethical dimensions of our definitional practices.</p><p>Increased transgender rights and visibility has been met with increased opposition controversy and even violence. Who should have the power to define the meanings of sex and gender? What values and interests are advanced by competing definitions? Should an all-boys’ college or high school allow transgender boys to apply? Should transgender women be allowed to use the women’s bathroom? How has growing recognition of intersex conditions challenged our definitions of sex/gender? In this timely intervention Edward Schiappa examines the key sites of debate including schools bathrooms the military sports prisons and feminism drawing attention to the political practical and ethical dimensions of the act of defining itself. </p><p>This is an important text for students and scholars in gender studies philosophy communication and sociology. </p><p>The Open Access version of this book available at www.taylorfrancis.com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.</p>