2007/01/01 by Talia Mae Bettcher · 5 citations
Psychology · Social Sciences · #LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy #Gender, Feminism, and Media #Race, History, and American Society
paper · doi:10.1111/j.1527-2001.2007.tb01090.x
openalex publication_date 2007/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/04
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.