The apartheid of sex : a manifesto on the freedom of gender / Martine Rothblatt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rothblatt, Martine Aliana, 1954-

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gender identity.

Prejudices.

Sex.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiii pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 166 pages ; 20 cm

Edition:

First edition, uncorrected proof.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown Publishers, [1995]

Summary:

Is the categorization of people from the moment of birth as either male or female a form of sexual segregation as pernicious as racial apartheid? In this bold and provocative manifesto, Martine Rothblatt cites current academic opinion and research to argue that the answer is yes - and that the time is right for a new sexual revolution. In The Apartheid of Sex, Rothblatt makes a case for the adoption of a new sexual model that accommodates every possible shade of gender identity. It reveals that traditional male and female roles are dictated neither by genetics, genitals, nor reproductive biology, but rather by social attitudes that originated in early patriarchal cultures and that have been institutionalized in modern law. In the name of the countless people of unique gender who continue to suffer on the procrustean bed of sexual duality, Rothblatt calls for a new acceptance of human sexuality in all its prismatic variety.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

051759997X

9780517599976

OCLC:

885266870