O'Shea, Saoirse (2019) Cutting my dick off. Culture and Organization, 25 (4). pp. 272-283. ISSN 1475-9551
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Abstract
This essay considers how transgender and non-conforming people and their bodies are medically organised in society by surgery. The surgical normalisation of these bodies is not however enough for some in society. ‘Once a man, always a man’ claim those who oppose and abuse TGNC people and the UK daily press, radio and TV routinely encourage and facilitate this abuse. This essay focuses on themes of genitalia, tattoos, self-harm, self-mutilation and auto-castration to understand how and why society and medical practices seem to be obsessed with normalising bodies. It does so in relation to one body, that of a non-binary individual. That body is my own and it is my hope that this essay will open up and add to literature on trans folk in organisational discourse whilst also introducing the issues of gender dysphoria and ‘self-mutilation’ as themes for further organisational research and debate.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bodies and flesh, self-mutilation, tattoos, auto-castration, transgender and non-binary |
| Subjects: | L300 Sociology |
| Department: | Faculties > Business and Law > Newcastle Business School |
| Depositing User: | Elena Carlaw |
| Date Deposited: | 08 May 2019 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Jul 2021 13:18 |
| URI: | http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/39218 |
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