BRIEF HISTORY ON TRANSSEXUALITY

Authors

  • Cristina Moreira Marcos PUC Minas
  • Euza Aparecida da Silva Moreira

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5752/P.1678-9563.2019v25n2p593-609

Keywords:

transexualidade, sexualidade, teoria Queer, Robert Stoller.

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the phenomenon of transsexuality through historical records on the manifestations of sexuality at different times, and how these were explained in a naturalistic way. We seek to study how sex and gender were conceived in the fifteenth and nineteenth centuries, and how the scientific discourses came, in turn, to order and specify what was proper to the masculine and the feminine. We intend to investigate how the improvement of surgical and hormonal techniques have contributed to elevate transsexuality to the category of social phenomenon. We present the Queer studies in order to understand how one understands the constitution of identities within a social structure. We also discuss Judith Butler's position on the sex and gender constructs based on the binary categories. Finally, we demonstrate how the concept of gender was introduced and approached in psychoanalysis through the psychoanalyst/psychiatrist Robert Stoller.

Keywords: Transsexuality. Sexuality. Queer theory. Robert Stoller.

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Author Biography

Euza Aparecida da Silva Moreira

Mestre em Psicologia pela PUC Minas

Published

2020-05-20

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