Our Body-Minds Are Not Apologies: How Systemic Oppression, Beauty Standards & Desirability Politics Impact the Body-Image & Sex Lives of Trans & Non-Binary People with Physical (Dis)abilities

Due to the ableism, whiteness, and cisgender-heteropatriarchy in the US, people who are marked by racial, physical, neuro, and gendered differences are stereotypically considered to be less desirable. By applying a perspective informed by Disability Studies, Trans Studies, and Queer of Color Theory...

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Main Author: Mack, Elm L
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: PDXScholar 2024
Subjects:
Body-Image
Desirability Politics
Trans & Non-Binary
Disability
Sex & Intimacy
Disability Studies
Lesbian
Gay
Bisexual
and Transgender Studies
Other Feminist
Gender
and Sexuality Studies
Queer Studies
Social Justice
Alicia
Finley
sami
Online Access:https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/honorstheses/1468
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/honorstheses/article/2726/viewcontent/auto_convert.pdf
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Summary:Due to the ableism, whiteness, and cisgender-heteropatriarchy in the US, people who are marked by racial, physical, neuro, and gendered differences are stereotypically considered to be less desirable. By applying a perspective informed by Disability Studies, Trans Studies, and Queer of Color Theory (including scholars like Eli Clare, Robert McRuer, Sonya Renee Taylor, Audre Lorde, Sami Schalk, Chris Finley, and Alicia Cox), I investigate how societal norms, beauty standards, and systemic oppression have disproportionately impacted the body-images and sex lives of trans and non-binary people with physical (dis)abilities. This thesis aims to shed light on the variety of ways in which we - as a society - can adapt to resist oppression by centering conversations of pleasure and joy in our lives, despite the ongoing violence and harm that minority groups are subjected to.

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