Evil Deceivers and Make-Believers: On Transphobic Violence and the Politics of Illusion
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Hypatia
- Vol. 22 (3), 43-65
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2007.tb01090.x
Abstract
This essay examines the stereotype that transgender people are “deceivers” and the stereotype's role in promoting and excusing transphobic violence. The stereotype derives from a contrast between gender presentation (appearance) and sexed body (concealed reality). Because gender presentation represents genital status, Bettcher argues, people who “misalign” the two are viewed as deceivers. The author shows how this system of gender presentation as genital representation is part of larger sexist and racist systems of violence and oppression.Keywords
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