Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity Audiobook (Free)

In the updated second edition of Whipping Girl, Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing shows her diverse background like a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist, shares her powerful experiences and observation-both pre- and post-transition-to disclose the ways in which fear, suspicion and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our societal attitudes toward trans women, aswell as gender and sexuality all together.

Serano’s well-honed quarrels stem from her ability to bridge the distance between your often-disparate biological and sociable perspectives on gender. Within this provocative manifesto, she exposes how deep-rooted the social belief is certainly that femininity is definitely frivolous, weak, and passive, and exactly how this ‘feminine’ weakness is available and then attract and appease man desire.

In addition to debunking popular misconceptions about transsexuality, Serano makes the case that today’s feminists and transgender activists must work to embrace and empower femininity-in most of its wondrous forms.