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Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality

Just One of the Guys?: Transgender Men and the Persistence of Gender Inequality

Schilt, Kristen

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General Gender StudiesGeneral SociologySocial Movements

ISBN10: 0226738078
ISBN13: 9780226738079
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: Feb 15 2011
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English

The fact that men and women continue to receive unequal treatment at work is a point of contention among politicians, the media, and scholars. Common explanations for this disparity range from biological differences between the sexes to the conscious and unconscious biases that guide hiring and promotion decisions. Just One of the Guys? sheds new light on this phenomenon by analyzing the unique experiences of transgender men--people designated female at birth whose gender identity is male--on the job.

Kristen Schilt draws on in-depth interviews and observational data to show that while individual transmen have varied experiences, overall their stories are a testament to systemic gender inequality. The reactions of coworkers and employers to transmen, Schilt demonstrates, reveal the ways assumptions about innate differences between men and women serve as justification for discrimination. She finds that some transmen gain acceptance--and even privileges--by becoming just one of the guys, that some are coerced into working as women or marginalized for being openly transgender, and that other forms of appearance-based discrimination also influence their opportunities. Showcasing the voices of a frequently overlooked group, Just One of the Guys? lays bare the social processes that foster forms of inequality that affect us all.

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