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"Gender, Identity, and the Security State" published on by Oxford University Press.

Issues arising from the measurement of gender identity on surveys have received scant attention from survey methodologists. We make use of three studies (two in the US and one in Mexico) to look at the effects of asking about gender identity on downstream measurements of political party affiliation. In all three studies, we show a significant impact of priming respondents to think about gender identity on expressed political identity. In two of the studies, we also find conditional effects based on the predispositions of respondents, and we find throughout that these effects are much stronger for men than for women.

The article regards the phenomenon of political communication from the perspective of the particularities of constructing gender identity by politicians. As far as the influence of the gender factor on politicians' speech is concerned, the most relevant approach among many others is the discourse approach formed within the paradigm of cognitive linguistics, which considers political discourse as the object of study. The paper deals with the notion of political discourse and examines a hypothesis that gender factor might have a number of manifestations in political communication. It is noted that studying the specificity of constructing gender identity by politicians in discursive practices is becoming a highly topical issue as the importance of female participation in public and political life is growing. Political decision-making has long been considered the prerogativeofmen, but now the necessity of studying the female factor in this sphere is obvious. The author dwells upon the historical background of linguistic gender studies and summarizes the main stages of their development focusing mainly on the theory of the social construction of gender. The founders of this theory advance the thesis that an individual's gender identity is shaped in the process of constructing gender relations in communicative interaction. Further in the article we analyse a few devices of creating the images of masculinity and femininity by famous English and American politicians. As structural components of gender identity, masculinity and femininity turn out to be modifiable parameters depending on the pragmatic attitudes of communicators. Traditional androcentrism of political discourse may account for modifying the female speech style towards masculinity to achieve certain communicative aims.

"She/he/they/them. Why do we use gender pronouns? And why do some people wish to be referred to as "they"? What is gender identity all about? Students will learn to understand these terms and the reasons behind them. They will also learn how to deal with questions they may have about gender identity"--

The introduction of the Gender Recognition Act 2015 (the "2015 Act") represented a seismic shift in the Irish legal landscape as regards the legal recognition of people whose preferred gender does not correspond with the sex noted upon the register of births. The Act is notable as it represents a loosening of the rigid division between the male and female gender. In essence, it maintains the need for a binary categorisation by gender of people but the boundary has become permeable and movement between the gender categories is now permissible. Questions of identity go to the core of a person's dignity and thus are central to the inalienable rights we all enjoy a human beings. This chapter will consider the circumstances leading to the introduction of the 2015 Act. It will examine how the legislative scheme evolved during its passage through the Oireachtas and analyse both the enacted legislation and the manner in which it is operationalised. Thus it will consider whether the manner in which the right to recognition was realised in the 2015 Act fully respects the rights and dignity of those who may wish to avail of its provisions.

Intro -- Foreword -- 1 The Origins of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity -- Gender Roles -- Transgender -- Homosexuality -- Close-up: Intersex -- 2 Born Gay: Biological Theories of Homosexuality -- A Quick Lesson in Genetics -- Genetics and Homosexuality -- Close-up: Homosexuality in the Animal Kingdom -- Prenatal Influences -- Born That Way -- 3 Becoming Gay: Psychological Theories of Homosexuality -- Homosexuality as a "Mental Disorder" -- Close-up: APA Rejects Conversion Therapy -- Interacting Causes -- 4 Why Does It Matter? -- Homosexuality and Legal Rights -- Religion and Homosexuality -- Close-up: Christian Acceptance of Gay Nature -- Love -- Series Glossary -- Further Resources -- Index.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Prologue -- Contributors' Biographies -- Introducing Gender, Identity and Reproduction -- Section I Representing Reproduction -- Introduction -- 1 Representations of Motherhood -- 2 Loving Fathers or Deadbeat Dads: The Crisis of Fatherhood in Popular Culture -- 3 Battle of the Gametes: Cultural Representations of 'Medically' Assisted Conception -- Summary -- Section II Reproductive Encounters: Cooperation and Negotiation -- Introduction -- 4 Birth Matters: Learning from My Past - A Midwifery for the Future -- 5 Your Dignity is Hung Up at the Door: Pakistani and White Women's Experiences of Childbirth -- 6 The Quintessential Female Act? Learning about Birth -- 7 Dutch Midwives: The Difference between Image and Reality -- 8 Is Breast Best? Breastfeeding, Motherhood and Identity -- Summary -- Section III Reproductive Identities: Exclusion and Resistance -- Introduction -- 9 Woe the Women: DES, Mothers and Daughters -- 10 I didn't Think Much of his Bedside Manner but he was very Skilled at his Job: Medical Encounters in Relation to 'Infertility' -- 11 Cutting Out Motherhood: Childfree Sterilized Women -- 12 Changing Women: An Analysis of Difference and Diversity in Women's Accounts of their Experiences of Menopause -- Summary -- 13 Reflecting on Reproduction -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- Amelia M. Trevelyan and Lowell S. Gustafson -- One: Multiplicity and Discourse in Maya Gender Relations 11 -- Marvin Cohodas -- Two: Shared Gender Relations: Early Mesoamerica and the Maya 55 -- Lowell S. Gustafson -- Three: Household and State in Pre-Hispanic Maya Society: Gender, Identity, and Practice 75 -- Julia A. Hendon -- Four: The Gendered Architecture of Uxmal 93 -- Amelia M. Trevelyan and Heather W. Forbes -- Five: Mother/Father Kings 141 -- Lowell S. Gustafson -- Six: Corn Deities and the Male/Female Principle 169 -- Karen Bassie-Sweet -- Seven: The Popol Vuh and the Decline of Maya Women's Status 191 -- Beatriz Barba de Pina Chan -- Eight: A Divine Couple's Gender Roles in the Setting of the Earth at Palenque 227 -- Maria Elena Bernal-Garcia -- Nine: Holy Mother Earth and Her Flowery Skirt: The Role of the Female Earth Surface in Maya Political and Ritual Performance 281 -- Carolyn E. Tate -- Ten: Female and Male: The Ideology of Balance and Renewal in Elite Costuming among the Classic Period Maya 319 -- F. Kent Reilly -- Eleven: Desiring Women: Classic Maya Sexualities 329 -- Rosemary A. Joyce

It is a fact that transgender people experience severe discrimination in various forms not only in their everyday lives but also in their working lives, especially when transitioning. It seems that Europe is slowly changing over the years as there are constant calls to tackle this complex issue by considering the inclusion of a third gender option, the abolition of any abusive practices, recommendations for legal redress in cases of violation, and a more transparent and self-determined legal recognition procedure. There are national laws which offer protection on the basis of gender identity at national and international levels. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of uniformity due to a number of unresolved matters such as uncertainty about who is covered, whether gender identity should be covered as a protected ground, what is required to gain a legal change of name and gender marker in official documents, who is responsible for authorisation and uncertainty over the stages, nature and duration of the actual procedure. Fewer distressed transgender employees and transphobic incidents are observed when there is greater social acceptability, organisational effort and national intervention. Research and collective actions by movements, political leaders, academics, medical experts and non-governmental organisations are further required to minimise societal and employment exclusions of transgender people.