When a Hybrid Account of Disorder is not Enough: The Case of Gender Dysphoria

In this paper I discuss Wakefield’s account of mental disorder as applied to the case of gender dysphoria (GD). I argue that despite being a hybrid account which brings together a naturalistic and normative element in order to avoid pathologising normal or expectable states, the theory alone is stil...

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Main Author: Kathleen Murphy-Hollies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Rijeka. Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 2021-01-01
Series:European Journal of Analytic Philosophy
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Online Access:https://hrcak.srce.hr/file/386391