Prolonged Eye Contact

Fantastic anthology of articles pertaining to civil litigation in the U.S.

I considered posting sections of this book, but the entire thing is so informative and groundbreaking (in the sense that most legal scholars don’t actually evaluate the effects of cultural bias or systemic oppression in cases of injury, or torts).

The chapter it directly links to, Regulating Middlesex, gives an insightful and relatively easy to digest introduction to forced gender assignment in the cases of children and adolescents who are classified as intersex or whose bodies do not fit the cultural demand for a gender binary classification system. As someone who underwent several of these operations and ordeals myself, it is terribly upsetting and I wouldn’t recommend it if you’re looking to read something that isn’t going to ruin your day.

Well.. if you’re a decent human being, I suppose.

Feb

2012

22 notes