Analyzing the Case of Gwen Transgender is a term that describes people who have Gender Dysphoria, new term for Gender Identity Disorder (Butcher, Hooley, & Mineka, 2013; Altilio, & Otis-Green, 2011). Uniquely as the word transgender has become a descriptive definition to describe or define a population of marginalized individuals, who may potentially develop anxiety, depression, restlessness, and other symptoms as a result of their disorder. The social construct of sex and gender has become controversial as it is an interchangeable term that includes: cross dressers, trans men, trans women, bigender, and pangender. Summary Gwen is a 36-year transgender male, who is in the process of transitioning into a female.…
Random sampling or large populations is regarded as providing the most representative sample, but it is expensive to carry out a survey with a large enough sample of transgender individuals to make inferences about the population. At the moment there are only 2 surveys that fit this description and both are only at the state level (United States). While there are estimations and some surveys, none can give an accurate reflection of the actual numbers of the transgender and gender nonconforming populations nor the economic/social aspect of transgender lives . That is why the Census, which must be done every 10 years, could be the solution to this problem. Even though there have been “numerous qualitative studies on transgender experiences, there is very little quantitative evidence about the social and economic lives of transgender people in the United States” (United States).…
The majority of amputation through the humorous or elbow result from trauma. The next most important is tumor control. Trans Humeral Amputation is a result of an injury or complication that involves surgically removal of the distal lower extremity, including the ulna and radius, the limb is removed from the elbow to phalanges. Surgically, it’s preferred because a Trans Humeral amputation is through the joint, not involving the bone or tissue but in some cases this is not appropriate. Elbow dislocations and Tran’s humeral amputations are classified as catastrophic injuries and most always require the involvement of an experienced catastrophic injury lawyer.…
In truth, can we expect teenagers to make good decisions at this age? Adolescents are overwhelmed with grades, part-time jobs, and college applications. Bullying is one exploit no one should go through, especially at this age, but there are ways to stop it. Some say plastic surgery is one of the answers to bullying. In Source A, one in two teenagers, as young as thirteen, want plastic surgery to modify their appearances, but I do not believe that plastic surgery is the best solution to bullying.…
Grey’s Anatomy, portrays female characters with more complex and realistic gender roles than those typically portrayed in mass media. The television drama, prominently features strong female characters with demanding individual and professional aspirations, which is a progressive portrayal of female characters. Maranda Bailey (chief of surgery), Callie Torres (head of orthopedics), and Maggie Pierce (head of cardiothoracic) are all women of color. Arizona Robbins (head of fetal) is a lesbian and Callie is bisexual. Meredith Grey (head of general surgery) is a single mom, and Amelia Shepard (head of neurosurgery) is a now clean addict.…
Stories involving transgender people have been in newspapers, magazines, and tabloids for over fifty five years and have captivated and intrigued the American audience from the start. It all began in 1955 when Christine Jorgensen, born George, publicly announced her gender confirming surgery and began life as a legally recognized women. There was a media frenzy with headlines such as “Bronx GI Becomes a Woman!” and “Bronx ‘Boy’ Is Now A Girl”. But instead of “withdraw[ing] from public attention [Christine’ turned the notoriety to her advantage with a series of lucrative tours on the lecture and nightclub circuit” (McQuiston 1989).…
This peer review article was about the deconstructing of GID (Gender Identity Disorder), due to gender Identity being an evolving disorder that is controversial. The main reason a person suffer from gender Identity is because their gender does not fit their external makeup. In Saralyns’ article she exposes the concealed inner theory and the inconsistency and undermine in its apparent meaning or unanimity. The author also state that “These diagnosis leads to stigmatisms and results in stress, this is why some people reject the diagnosis of GID” (Russell, 2013). Transsexual theories have been around since 1966, however none of them seem seems fit or respect the individual’s identity diagnosis.…
While some women in Orange County, near Los Alamitos, enjoy having oversized breasts, others do not. It is for these women that a reduction mammoplasty (breast reduction) is designed. Many of the women residing in and around Los Alamitos who are interested in reducing the size of their breasts choose double-board certified plastic surgeon Dr. Farbod Esmailian to perform their breast reduction procedure. COMMON COMPLAINTS ABOUT OVERSIZED BREASTS The complaints women express about their excessively large breasts range from frustration to actual physical pain.…
In The pitfalls of plastic surgery by Camille Pagila, Camille discusses her views/ believes regarding plastic surgery. Plastic Surgery is altering your body into your ideal shape. Camille Paglia view on plastic surgery are she does not favor plastic surgery. She believes your body should stay how it was made. Paglia says as individuals we see “woman as ingénue”, meaning innocent or unsophisticated.…
Different types of treatment options are available for patients with bladder cancer. There are four types of standard treatment used, which include, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and biologic therapy. There are also clinical trials in the process, which is a research study that helps improve the current standard treatments. The first standard treatment option is surgery. There are four types of surgery procedures that may be done.…
A group that we looked at closely, radical lesbians who rejected trans women, were very adamant about how only those they identified as “real women” were acceptable in their spaces. Trans women were, to them, the pinnacle of patriarchal invaders of female spaces; Janice Raymond, author of The Trannsexual Empire, even went as far as covertly comparing trans women to Nazis, and “real women” the victims of concentration camps. Raymond also says that those who go through medical transition are inherently rapists: “all transsexuals rape women’s bodies… appropriating this body for themselves”. The decision to transition medically seems to be a double edged sword: if one decides against it, they will not be taken seriously because they are not succumbing to the societal expectations of what a trans identity should be. If someone does transition, they will be subjected to endlessly invasive physical procedures, legal difficulties, psychological evaluations, and so on.…
Studies have shown that cancellation of planned or scheduled surgical interventions is a long standing issues for hospitals (Bass and Gill 2014). They reflect inefficient, and ineffective management use of the operating theatre (Zafar 2007). Failure to follow the surgical lists contravenes patient safety initiatives. Theatre cancellation is a simple task to do but it can have serious consequences to patients or their families. It has a negative impact on patients.…
Female Genital Mutilation Women have a long history of enduring painful and degrading things for the sake of propriety and societal beliefs and values. One such endurance is female genital mutilation; also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision. This is when a woman’s genitals are purposefully disfigured to adhere to certain religious, social, or personal expectations. Female circumcision involves too many factors to be looked at as a simple medical procedure.…
The article, “Hands Off Clitoridectomy” by Yael Tamir, discusses the controversial topic of clitoridectomy, and all the arguments within the subject while opening up a new way of perceiving it by comparing it to our own society and practices. She suggest that indeed the practice of clioridectomy is a gruesome and gutwrenching, but there is more to the subject than just the moral issues of it. She address the political and social aspects of performing and living with the procedure and addresses them with passive but firm arguments. Her main point of the article is that our society needs to stop judging and creating prejudices aimed at other cultures or societies when in fact we could be bettering our own society rather than critiquing others.…
Dr. Marcie Bowers herself is the first Trans-women to be performing the surgeries. There has been an increase in surgeries between the 1960’s thru today. In the 1960’s there were approximately 1,000 surgeries performed, and in 2015 there were approximately 30,000 surgeries…