Głównym celem artykułu jest ukazanie złożoności problematyki transseksualności. Autorka szczególnie zwraca uwagę na kwestie teoretyczne związane z badaniem, definiowaniem transseksualności. Ukazuje także, jak badania nad transseksualizmem ewaluowały w czasie, w jaki sposób dyskurs medyczny zdeterminował postrzeganie tego zjawiska. Podkreślone tu zostaje to, że transseksualność nie daje się w prosty sposób przedstawić za pomocą jednej, wybranej teorii. Specyfika transseksualności komplikuje odczytywanie tego zjawiska poprzez pryzmat feminizmu, socjologii ciała czy teorii queer.
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The main aim of this article is to show the complexity of transsexuality. The author draws particular attention to the theoretical issues related to the audit, defining transsexuality. She also shows how research on transsexualism tended to develop over time and how the medical discourse determined the perception of the phenomenon. It is empasized here is that transsexualism cannot be easily represented by one particular theory. The specificity of the transsexual complicates the reading of this phenomenon through the lens of feminism, the sociology of the body, or queer theory.
Article focuses on invisible, marginalized areas in the teaching of sociology of the family or the sociology of education. It is mainly about content related to sexuality, domestic violence, infertility, adoption etc. The author poses the question of what causes these topics are not discussed in the educational process. The author also points out that although these contents are the subject of sociological research, and there is no doubt as to the importance of cognitive, however, rarely enter these issues within the scope of the course of the sociology of the family.
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Artykuł koncentruje się na niewidocznych, marginalizowanych w nauczaniu socjologii rodziny bądź socjologii edukacji obszarach tabu związanego z seksualnością, przemocą w rodzinie, bezpłodnością, adopcją itd. Autorka stawia pytanie o to, co powoduje tabuizację wybranych treści w procesie kształcenia pedagogów. Wskazuje także, że choć treści te stanowią przedmiot badań socjologicznych i nie ma wątpliwości co do ich znaczenia poznawczego, to jednak rzadko te zagadnienia wchodzą w zakres kursów z socjologii rodziny.
Te purpose of this article is to show the specifc situation of transgender people as citizens. Tese people, in theory, have the opportunity to make full use of the citizen rights but in practice the situation is very complex. Here I show the relationship between citizenship, sexuality and identity to show specifc problems of transgender people in public spaces.
Celem prezentowanego tekstu jest ukazanie, jak zmieniło się w ciągu ostatnich lat to, jak na gruncie nauki analizuje się transseksualność/ transpłciowość, jak ścierają się ze sobą dwa rodzaje dyskursów – medyczny i społeczny. Efektem tego starcia stało się zmienienie medycznego zawłaszczania transseksualności jako zjawiska wyłącznie medycznego, klasyfikowanego jako odstępstwo od normy. Konsekwentnie też w tekście będą stosowane terminy ukazujące pewną przemianę w podejściu do opisywanego zjawiska – od transseksualizmu, przez transseksualność do współczesnego trans osoby/ osoby z transseksualnością. Ta nomenklatura odzwierciedla bowiem pewną dostrzegalną zmianę paradygmatu.
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The aim of the article is to show how scientific analyses of transsexuality have changed over recent years, and how the two types of discourses on transsexuality/ transgender, i.e. medical and social, clash with each other. The result of this clash is a departure from treating transsexuality as a purely medical phenomenon classified as a deviation from the norm. I will also consistently use a range of terms showing there has been a transformation in the approach to the phenomenon being described – from transsexualism, through transsexuality, to contemporary terms such as trans person/ people with transsexuality. The change in the terminology reflects a perceptible shift in the paradigm.
The aim of this paper is to present how transmen perceive their masculinity while constructing it during the process of transition in Poland. One’s own sexual identity can be demonstrated in various ways. However, transsexual people frequently follow stereotypical images of being a woman or a man. They seek a clear and obvious message so as to express themselves and their sex. It is related to forming their own image, appropri- ate body-language and their behavior towards the opposite sex. That is why transsexual people tend to choose sexually unambiguous clothing, avoiding unisex fashion.
The aim of the presented paper is to show the history of the development of research on social minorities in the environment of Bialystok sociologists. This research center, located on the north-eastern borderland of Poland, was one of the first in Poland to develop research in the field of borderland sociology. With time, the research subject has been expanded, from the analysis of the assimilation of the Belarusian minority to the contemporary face of the idea of a multicultural society, discussing not only nationality, religiosity, but also non-heteronormities.
The article aims to describe vulnerable groups in the context of qualitative research in social science with special attention to ethical and methodological dilemmas. This is a theoretical study, which does not aspire to offer solutions or guidelines, but rather show elements worth taking notice of and analyzing when research is planned and carried out. We argue that in the social sciences, vulnerability is relational and crucial. However, social science researchers perceive the category of vulnerability as ambiguous and nuanced. This article shows that ascribing research participants univocally to a vulnerable group may lead not only to them being stereotyped and deprived of individuality but also to a situation where the research act itself disempowers them. We also argue that apart from issues often raised concerning the protection of participants from vulnerable groups, the researcher and their protection are also pivotal, particularly when the researcher, due to their involvement, abandons the out-group perspective or when they belong to the vulnerable group.