Gender Blending examines the social construction of gender and its
implications for the lives of gender blending females and for
society in general. Aaron Devor constructs a theory which
interprets gender as a social distinction related to, but different
from, biological sex. Devor defines gender as a status learned by
displaying the culturally defined insignia of the gender category
with which one identifies. Fifteen women who have to varying
degrees rejected traditional femininity, but not their femaleness,
discuss their lives with Devor. These women, sometimes mistaken for
men, choose to minimize their female vulnerability in a patriarchal
world by minimizing their femininity. During childhood, their
reaction to their secondary status in society, as potential victims
of violence and exploitation, was often to be a tomboy. Now, in
adulthood, their gender identity does not fit either of the two
roles socially and culturally defined as feminine and masculine.
Gender Blending offers a deeper appreciation of the social
construction of gender. Any woman who has questioned the value of
the concept of femininity will find the experiences of these gender
blending females revealing and important to a view of woman's place
in the patriarchy.
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