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Det binära könssystemets genusnormer : en diskursanalys av diskrimineringsgrunden könsöverskridande identitet eller uttryck

Lindeberg, William LU (2014) MRSG20 20132
Human Rights Studies
Abstract
This essay examines the extent to which notions concerning gender structures manifest themselves in the swedish Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567), by analyzing how the concept of gender is constructed in its preparatory legal work Proposition 2007/08:95 Ett starkare skydd för diskriminering.
The area of study is restricted to section 5.2 of the Discrimination Act; transgender identity or expression.
The very notion of ‘transgender’ suggests a norm of deviant sexual behavior, which transcends from a normal condition to an abnormal one. This essay investigates to what extent factors of the preparatory legal work coincide with a stereotypical notion of normal sexual behavior, and which factors are being classified as deviants.
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This essay examines the extent to which notions concerning gender structures manifest themselves in the swedish Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567), by analyzing how the concept of gender is constructed in its preparatory legal work Proposition 2007/08:95 Ett starkare skydd för diskriminering.
The area of study is restricted to section 5.2 of the Discrimination Act; transgender identity or expression.
The very notion of ‘transgender’ suggests a norm of deviant sexual behavior, which transcends from a normal condition to an abnormal one. This essay investigates to what extent factors of the preparatory legal work coincide with a stereotypical notion of normal sexual behavior, and which factors are being classified as deviants.
This allows for the identification of power structures that are working to produce such norms, and to clarify what is being omitted from such structures.
In order to address the question at issue, this essay uses discourse analysis and material from feminist critical theoreticans.
The result of the analysis demonstrates that the discourse depicted in the preparatory legal work is based on heterosexual norms, which serve to impede the rights of transgendered individuals rather than protecting them. (Less)
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author
Lindeberg, William LU
supervisor
organization
course
MRSG20 20132
year
type
L2 - 2nd term paper (old degree order)
subject
keywords
transgender, identity, norms, power, discourse, Human rights, Mänskliga rättigheter, sexuality, Gender, social construction
language
Swedish
id
4352040
date added to LUP
2014-04-16 09:57:19
date last changed
2014-09-04 08:27:44
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  abstract     = {{This essay examines the extent to which notions concerning gender structures manifest themselves in the swedish Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567), by analyzing how the concept of gender is constructed in its preparatory legal work Proposition 2007/08:95 Ett starkare skydd för diskriminering.
 The area of study is restricted to section 5.2 of the Discrimination Act; transgender identity or expression.
 The very notion of ‘transgender’ suggests a norm of deviant sexual behavior, which transcends from a normal condition to an abnormal one. This essay investigates to what extent factors of the preparatory legal work coincide with a stereotypical notion of normal sexual behavior, and which factors are being classified as deviants.
	This allows for the identification of power structures that are working to produce such norms, and to clarify what is being omitted from such structures.
 In order to address the question at issue, this essay uses discourse analysis and material from feminist critical theoreticans.
 The result of the analysis demonstrates that the discourse depicted in the preparatory legal work is based on heterosexual norms, which serve to impede the rights of transgendered individuals rather than protecting them.}},
  author       = {{Lindeberg, William}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Det binära könssystemets genusnormer : en diskursanalys av diskrimineringsgrunden könsöverskridande identitet eller uttryck}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}