SHE'S NOT THERE

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan

Introduction

In She's not there, the author has offered a novelessque autobiography as transgendered. The author has a concern about social justice, as educator. The book addresses the issue of transgenderism and identity in our continued commitment to equity and diversity in classrooms. The subject of this book is transformation of James Finney Boylan into Jennifer Finney Boylan. The author had spent 40 years as a male, as a dutiful son and a caring life partner and father. On the other hand, from the earlier life of author, she knew that she was in wrong body

The story of author makes the reader to take the realities of transgendered life into consideration. This book gives a more honest depiction, since it is on the basis of lived experiences. The book also incites the dialogues regarding taking for granted beliefs about how gender and sexuality are interlinked. Though, the book is appropriate for college studies. As a conclusion, the author has declared, no matter how much light one tries to throw on this circumstance it stays unidentified.

Discussion

Role of Gender in Identity

Gender Identity is a personal idea of oneself as a man or woman. This idea is closely associated to the idea of role of gender, which is identified as the external appearances of people that is a reflection of gender identity. Gender, almost in all cases, is self determined as an outcome of amalgamation of intrinsic and external environment factors. However, role of gender is clear within the community by obvious factors like attitudes and appearance. For instance, in case an individual considers himself a man is comfortable to refer to his gender as male. On the other hand, the ...