Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiques
Cosmetic sexual surgeries are medical practices which produce sexed bodies to improve gendered and sexual functioning. They are also seen, in this article, as practices putting into question the naturalistic argument of sex determination. Though ocurring in a context that endorses genital morphologi...
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| description | Cosmetic sexual surgeries are medical practices which produce sexed bodies to improve gendered and sexual functioning. They are also seen, in this article, as practices putting into question the naturalistic argument of sex determination. Though ocurring in a context that endorses genital morphologic diversity, they promote less conformity with morphological models than improvement of psychological and relational well-being. But, as the analysis of the arguments legitimizing the interventions shows, cosmetic sexual surgeries reproduce gender relations and make the social standard an issue of individual responsibility : to feel good in a (sexualized) body and in (sexual) relations. Thus challenges to the naturalistic argument are not antinomic with the reproduction of gender relations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c5edb87e538a48e4a1532994700090cf2024-02-13T14:51:01ZfraGenre, Sexualité et SociétéGenre, Sexualité et Société2104-37361210.4000/gss.3222Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiquesHélène MartinCosmetic sexual surgeries are medical practices which produce sexed bodies to improve gendered and sexual functioning. They are also seen, in this article, as practices putting into question the naturalistic argument of sex determination. Though ocurring in a context that endorses genital morphologic diversity, they promote less conformity with morphological models than improvement of psychological and relational well-being. But, as the analysis of the arguments legitimizing the interventions shows, cosmetic sexual surgeries reproduce gender relations and make the social standard an issue of individual responsibility : to feel good in a (sexualized) body and in (sexual) relations. Thus challenges to the naturalistic argument are not antinomic with the reproduction of gender relations.https://journals.openedition.org/gss/3222gendermedicinesurgerynaturalismwell-being |
| spellingShingle | Hélène Martin Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiques Genre, Sexualité et Société gender medicine surgery naturalism well-being |
| title | Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiques |
| title_full | Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiques |
| title_fullStr | Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiques |
| title_short | Le beau sexe. Quelques pistes de réflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmétiques |
| title_sort | le beau sexe quelques pistes de reflexion sur les chirurgies sexuelles cosmetiques |
| topic | gender medicine surgery naturalism well-being |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/gss/3222 |
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