O “MODELO MÉDICO” E A PROCURA PELA “NORMALIZAÇÃO” DE GÉNERO E SEXUAL: UMA ANÁLISE HISTÓRICO-CRÍTICA SOBRE AS CATEGORIAS “TRAVESTI” E “TRANSEXUAL”
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https://doi.org/10.25112/rco.v2.3290Keywords:
História, Identidade de Gênero, Medicina, Travesti, TransexualAbstract
This article aims to present a reflection on the first theoretical perspectives that tried to explain gender “troubles” and that led to the emergence of the “transvestite” and “transsexual” categories. To this end, a qualitative study was developed, based on bibliographical and documental research in order to carry out an analysis and historiographical review on the subject. It was found that “travesti” and “transsexual” categories are relatively recente. These were produced by “medical model” and its initial interest in subjects with ambiguous anatomical characteristics that could not be entirely classified as male or female because they were in an undefined position. This model tried to explain them based on different perspectives – biological, psychoanalytic, social learning and cognitive development – and, as a result, its integration into medical textbooks and prescription of corrective interventions, ended up promoting and legitimizing its pathologization, with significant consequences for the stigmatization and social exclusion of a large number of subjects.
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