Doing Gender on Stage: Karaoke and Gender Presentation

This article draws on Bourdieu’s concept of habitus as a means to analyse social distinction and change in terms of class and gender through the lens of food consumption. By focusing on urban Vietnam, this qualitative study looks into the daily practices of food consumption, dieting and working on the body as specific means to enact ideal body types. Economically booming Vietnam has attracted growing investment capital in the fields of body and beauty industries and food retail. After decades of food insecurity, urban consumers find themselves manoeuvring in between growing food and lifestyle options, a nutrition transition, and contradicting demands on the consumer to both indulge and restrain themselves. Taking this dynamic urban context as its point of departure and adopting an intersectional perspective, this article assesses how eating, dieting and body performance are applied in terms of making class and doing gender. It shows that the growing urban landscape of food and body-centric industries facilitates new possibilities for distinction, dependent not only on economic capital but on bodily and cultural capital also, and furthermore, how social habitus regarding food–body relationships are gendered and interlaced with class privilege.

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Genderdysforie en ASS

Wetenschappelijk Tijdschrift Autisme ◽

10.36254/wta.2021.1.01 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tatiana Brandsma ◽

Kirsten Visser

Keyword(s):

Peer Support ◽

Support Group ◽

Autism Spectrum ◽

Gender Variance ◽

Medical Interventions ◽

Peer Support Group ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Presentation ◽

Adolescents With Asd

There is a growing interest in the co-occurrence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and gender dysphoria (GD). Research has shown that people with ASD show more gender variance than people without ASD. Due to the difficulties associated with ASD (limited social skills, problems in information processing and difficulty with change), regular GD treatment does not seem to be adequately equipped for this specific group. In this study we want to gain insight into the clinical needs of adolescents with ASD and GD and their parents. We are conducting a pilot study to the effects of a specific peer support group for adolescents with ASD and GD on quality of life. A pre-posttest design is used. Prior to the start of the support group, during each meeting and at the end of the support group, the adolescents fill out several short questionnaires. The ASD and Gender support group consists of nine monthly meetings for the adolescents, covering topics such as autism and gender-related needs, psychoeducation on medical interventions, environmental factors, gender expression and practicing gender presentation skills. Simultaneously, parents can follow the parent meetings. Currently, three rounds of the peer support group have started (each round with about 10-12 adolescents).

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The Gay South

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.825 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Jerry Watkins

Keyword(s):

World War Ii ◽

Social Life ◽

Government Officials ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Class Differences ◽

Gay History ◽

Straight Line ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Presentation ◽

The Cold War

Regional variation, race, gender presentation, and class differences mean that there are many “Gay Souths.” Same-sex desire has been a feature of the human experience since the beginning, but the meanings, expressions, and ability to organize one’s life around desire have shifted profoundly since the invention of sexuality in the mid-19th century. World War II represented a key transition in gay history, as it gave many people a language for their desires. During the Cold War, government officials elided sex, race, and gender transgression with subversion and punished accordingly by state committees. These forces profoundly shaped gay social life, and rather than a straight line from closet to liberation, gays in the South have meandered. Movement rather than stasis, circulation rather than congregation, and the local rather than the stranger as well as creative uses of space and place mean that the gay South is distinctive, though not wholly unique, from the rest of the country.

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Discrimination of Pitch Direction by Preschool Children with Verbal and Nonverbal Tasks

Journal of Research in Music Education ◽

10.2307/3345082 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 30 (3) ◽

pp. 151-161 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Peter R. Webster ◽

Kathy Schlentrich

Keyword(s):

Nursery School ◽

Test Results ◽

Number Of Children ◽

School Settings ◽

Pitch Direction ◽

Response Modes ◽

And Performance ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Presentation ◽

Natural Way

This study investigated the abilities of 4- and 5-year-old children for discriminating pitch direction using one of three modes of response: verbal (spoken), gestural, and performance-based. The sample ( N = 107) included children from two different nursery school settings and was balanced with respect to age and gender. Three testing formats were constructed to correspond with the three response modes. They were designed to be as equivalent as possible. The results reinforced the notion that nonverbal, performance- based response modes are the most natural way for young children to react to pitch direction without substantive training. A large number of children (34%) responded at or below chance regardless of mode. The variables of gender, presentation order, number of pitches per item, item range, and item direction did not show significant effects on test results. Mean score tendencies, however, warrant further study.

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Doing gender activism in a donor-organized framework: Constraints and opportunities in Kyrgyzstan

Nationalities Papers ◽

10.1080/00905992.2015.1007344 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 281-298 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Joanna Pares Hoare

Keyword(s):

Civil Society ◽

Good Governance ◽

Gender Issues ◽

Safety Net ◽

Doing Gender ◽

Governmental Organizations ◽

Non Governmental Organizations ◽

International Donors ◽

Collapse Of Communism ◽

And Gender

Providing support to “civil society” in the form of funding to non-governmental organizations (NGOs) became a central aspect of development engagement in Kyrgyzstan and other post-socialist countries in the 1990s, seen as a means of ensuring “good governance,” promoting participation, and providing a safety net of sorts to those who were left vulnerable by the market reforms that followed the collapse of Communism. Since then, donor engagement in Kyrgyzstan has led to the development of a thriving NGO sector, taken to embody “civil society” and to be a sign of the country's democratization, in comparison to its neighbors. However, this sector is dependent on support from international donors, and faces increasing hostility for supposedly representing outside interests, rather than effectively addressing the needs of the Kyrgyzstani population. This is particularly the case in regard to work on women's rights and gender equality. Based on interviews with 16 self-described activists working on gender issues, this paper explores what it is like to “do” gender activism in this practical and discursive environment. For my respondents, activity in the NGO sector emerges as not only a process that goes far beyond the straightforward implementation of donor agendas, but also one that does not necessarily “fit” with dominant understandings of what constitutes civil society activism.

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Health and Care Utilization of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth: A Population-Based Study

10.1542/9781610025409-health_and_care ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 63-70

Author(s):

G. Nicole Rider ◽

Barbara J. McMorris ◽

Amy L. Gower ◽

Eli Coleman ◽

Marla E. Eisenberg

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Health Care Providers ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Analysis Of Covariance ◽

Care Utilization ◽

Office Visits ◽

Gender Nonconforming ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Presentation ◽

Demographic Covariates

BACKGROUND Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) adolescents have difficulty accessing and receiving health care compared with cisgender youth, yet research is limited by a reliance on small and nonrepresentative samples. This study’s purpose was to examine mental and physical health characteristics and care utilization between youth who are TGNC and cisgender and across perceived gender expressions within the TGNC sample. METHODS Data came from the 2016 Minnesota Student Survey, which consisted of 80 929 students in ninth and 11th grade (n = 2168 TGNC, 2.7%). Students self-reported gender identity, perceived gender expression, 4 health status measures, and 3 care utilization measures. Chi-squares and multiple analysis of covariance tests (controlling for demographic covariates) were used to compare groups. RESULTS We found that students who are TGNC reported significantly poorer health, lower rates of preventive health checkups, and more nurse office visits than cisgender youth. For example, 62.1% of youth who are TGNC reported their general health as poor, fair, or good versus very good or excellent, compared with 33.1% of cisgender youth (χ2 = 763.7, P < .001). Among the TGNC sample, those whose gender presentation was perceived as very congruent with their birth-assigned sex were less likely to report poorer health and long-term mental health problems compared with those with other gender presentations. CONCLUSIONS Health care utilization differs between TGNC versus cisgender youth and across gender presentations within TGNC youth. With our results, we suggest that health care providers should screen for health risks and identify barriers to care for TGNC youth while promoting and bolstering wellness within this community.

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THE AGE AND GENDER PRESENTATION IN THE FORMATIONS OF GALLSTONES

TURKISH MEDICAL STUDENT JOURNAL ◽

10.4274/tmsj.2017.04.01.0003 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 11-13

Author(s):

Hande Sevinç ◽

Merve Sena Demir ◽

Canan Mercan ◽

Filiz Yüksel ◽

Ayşe Çaylan

Keyword(s):

Age And Gender ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Presentation

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“Up for it” or “asking for it”? Violence against women in the age of postfeminism

Feminism & Psychology ◽

10.1177/0959353520963975 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 095935352096397

Author(s):

Kathryn E Frazier

Keyword(s):

Female Body ◽

Empirical Work ◽

The Body ◽

Race And Gender ◽

Perceptions Of Risk ◽

Competing Demands ◽

The Us ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Presentation ◽

Discursive Constructions

Postfeminist young women are encouraged to “embrace” their sexuality by sexualizing their bodies as a means of empowerment. In stark contrast, dominant understandings of violence identify these same bodily displays as risk factors, condemning women who enact them as “asking for” victimization. While these competing demands on the female body have been widely documented in popular media, empirical work has not investigated if, and the extent to which, women reproduce these tension-filled constructions of the body in their own lives. Using in-depth interviews with 15 participants of varied race, class and gender identity in the US, this paper explores the ways in which these conflicting discursive constructions of the body are enacted by participants in their everyday lives. While participants took up varied sensibilities of the body and empowerment (including several that emphasized sexiness and sexuality), participants uniformly discussed perceptions of risk that inscribed the female body as vulnerable. This produced tensions in reasoning for some participants (but not all), in ways that were intersectionally inflected by race and gender presentation. More broadly, data suggests that postfeminist (and other) visions of the body that appear to otherwise produce lived experiences of empowerment are deemed invalid in contexts of risk.

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Do Transmasculine Speakers Present With Gender-Related Voice Problems? Insights From a Participant-Centered Mixed-Methods Study

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research ◽

10.1044/2017_jslhr-s-16-0410 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 61 (1) ◽

pp. 25-39 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

David Azul ◽

Aron Arnold ◽

Christiane Neuschaefer-Rube

Keyword(s):

Clinical Practice ◽

Mixed Methods ◽

Mixed Methods Study ◽

Semistructured Interviews ◽

Content Analyses ◽

German Speaking ◽

Gender Attribution ◽

And Gender ◽

Gender Presentation

Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are indications of gender-related voice problems in our transmasculine participants and to analyze how discrepancies between participant self-evaluations and researcher-led examinations can be best negotiated to ensure a participant-centered interpretation. Method We conducted a participant-centered mixed-methods study combining qualitative content analyses of semistructured interviews, acoustical voice analyses, and an examination of gender attributions to voice. Fourteen German-speaking transmasculine people, 14 cisfemale control persons, and 7 cismale control persons participated. The data were examined for indications of gender-related voice problems pertaining to vocal gender presentation and gender attribution to voice received from others. Results Eleven participants (79%) presented with indications of gender-related voice problems. Problems included dissatisfaction with gender-related voice features, difficulties with control of vocal gender presentation, and mismatch between desired gender attribution and gender attributions received from others. Discrepancies between participant self-evaluations and researcher-led examinations were observed in a number of cases. Conclusion Transmasculine speakers may experience a range of gender-related voice problems. Research and clinical practice with transmasculine people need to be adapted to better match the diversity of the population and the complexity of the processes that shape the production of speaker vocal gender in interaction.

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