This ebook, Law, Gender Identity, and the Brain, challenges law’s reliance on neurology’s brain-sex binary.
The brain has emerged as the latest contender in the ongoing quest for a reliable and fixed biological marker of ‘true sex,’ a pursuit that has influenced various aspects of Western culture, including the legal system. As the definitions of sexed and gendered bodies have become increasingly contentious, brain-sex theories have dominated popular perceptions of LGBTI+ identities. However, this ebook contends that the brain is no more effective than previous biological measures in ensuring equitable outcomes.
By examining how the law defines and distinguishes ‘male’ and ‘female’ in two contentious areas of sex identity—specifically through a discussion of Australian cases that authorize medical interventions to alter the embodied sex characteristics of transgender minors and intersex minors—the book reveals a lack of coherence in the legal framework surrounding gender identity development. As the brain also fails to serve as a convincing biological foundation for the binary classifications of male and female, the argument is made that the law should abandon its efforts to create, define, and regulate artificially constructed categories of male and female.
This ebook will be of great interest to scholars and students in a range of disciplines who are working at the intersection of law, gender, and sexuality.
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NOTE: This only consists of the eBook Law, Gender Identity, and the Brain: Exploring Brain Sex Theories in Judicial Decisions on Trans and Intersex Minors, 1st Edition, in the original PDF format. No access codes are included.
