Beschreibung
Girls who don't want to grow up into women. This phenomenon brought together psychiatrist and sexologist Hana Fifková and philosopher Tereza Matějčková. They first met in 2024 during a debate about the increasing number of girls and young women considering gender change. The discussion evolved into several months of meetings reflecting on questions such as: How has popular philosophical theory, which posits that anyone can determine who they will be, influenced this phenomenon? What role do social media and contemporary feminism play? And does the widespread belief that society triumphs over biology also impact this phenomenon? Author Tereza Matějčková also revisits the 1990s when Hana Fifková, as a young psychiatrist and sexologist, worked in the closed sexology department of the Bohnice psychiatric hospital, opened discussions about sexual abuse in clinics, and became a 'public sexologist' explaining to Czechs what is still considered normal. The author is interested not only in these topics but also in the personality of the interviewee – her background, life in turmoil, and acceptance of aging. How has her thirty-year career in sexology influenced her as a daughter, mother, wife, and grandmother? And how does someone who has dealt with questions of sexual identity for more than thirty years perceive the present? The book is supplemented with...
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Author: Fifková Hanka, Matějčková Tereza
Publication date: 27. März 2025
Manufacturer: Kalich s. r. o., nakladatelství a knihkupectví
Genres: Social sciences, Books, Specialized and technical literature, Law
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 309
ISBN/EAN: 9788070173459

