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Expertmakt bakom steriliseringskravet - Om rätten till juridiskt könsbyte för transpersoner och kraven som kom därtill

Johnsson, Jessica LU (2025) STVK04 20251
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis examines how the sterilization requirement for transgender individuals who wanted to change their legal gender in Sweden between 1972 and 2013 was shaped in governmental invesigations (Statens offentliga utredningar) based on expert opinions and dominant descourses in society. The thesis has also investigated whether the sterilization requirement can be seen as a biopolitical practice. The analysis is based on three theoretical framework; Roger Jr. Pielke’s framework, which describes the role of experts in decicion making, Zeynep Pamuk’s theory regarding experts and values and Foucault’s discourse analysis focusing on biopolitics, to adress the research questions. Trough discourse analysis, the investigations (SOU 1968:28) and... (More)
This thesis examines how the sterilization requirement for transgender individuals who wanted to change their legal gender in Sweden between 1972 and 2013 was shaped in governmental invesigations (Statens offentliga utredningar) based on expert opinions and dominant descourses in society. The thesis has also investigated whether the sterilization requirement can be seen as a biopolitical practice. The analysis is based on three theoretical framework; Roger Jr. Pielke’s framework, which describes the role of experts in decicion making, Zeynep Pamuk’s theory regarding experts and values and Foucault’s discourse analysis focusing on biopolitics, to adress the research questions. Trough discourse analysis, the investigations (SOU 1968:28) and (SOU 2007:16) have been analyzed based on how concepts such as gender, gender identity and transsexualism have been defined and influenced the decision on what requirements should be established to change legal gender. The results show that the experts largely assumed a role that provided politicians with crucial medical options for the requirements for legal gender change. The demands that arose can be seen as biopolitical power where the state regulated over people’s bodies. The investigation is significant for our understandning of how the rights of transgender individuals have been conditioned and how the state has historically controlled people’s bodies and reproduction rights (Less)
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author
Johnsson, Jessica LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Expert Authority Behind the Sterilization Requirement - Regarding the right to legal gender transition for transgender individuals and the requirements that came with it
course
STVK04 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Statens offentliga utredningar, könstillhörighetslagen, expert, steriliseringskrav, könsidentitet, transsexuell, biopolitik, diskursteori
language
Swedish
id
9189551
date added to LUP
2025-08-08 11:06:28
date last changed
2025-08-08 11:06:28
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines how the sterilization requirement for transgender individuals who wanted to change their legal gender in Sweden between 1972 and 2013 was shaped in governmental invesigations (Statens offentliga utredningar) based on expert opinions and dominant descourses in society. The thesis has also investigated whether the sterilization requirement can be seen as a biopolitical practice. The analysis is based on three theoretical framework; Roger Jr. Pielke’s framework, which describes the role of experts in decicion making, Zeynep Pamuk’s theory regarding experts and values and Foucault’s discourse analysis focusing on biopolitics, to adress the research questions. Trough discourse analysis, the investigations (SOU 1968:28) and (SOU 2007:16) have been analyzed based on how concepts such as gender, gender identity and transsexualism have been defined and influenced the decision on what requirements should be established to change legal gender. The results show that the experts largely assumed a role that provided politicians with crucial medical options for the requirements for legal gender change. The demands that arose can be seen as biopolitical power where the state regulated over people’s bodies. The investigation is significant for our understandning of how the rights of transgender individuals have been conditioned and how the state has historically controlled people’s bodies and reproduction rights}},
  author       = {{Johnsson, Jessica}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Expertmakt bakom steriliseringskravet - Om rätten till juridiskt könsbyte för transpersoner och kraven som kom därtill}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}