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‘I’m so proud: I grew it myself, I watered it and fed it and now it’s just a full-grown dick’: Challenging normative ideals of the penis through trans male embodiment
University of Helsinki, Finland.ORCID iD: 0009-0006-3253-5984
2023 (English)In: Northern Lights, ISSN 1601-829X, E-ISSN 2040-0586, Vol. 21, no 1, p. 117-129Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Through a discussion of three YouTube vlogs by trans men, I am suggesting that the seemingly simple division between men who have penises (cis) and men who do not (trans) – as long as genital surgery has not been obtained – is materially more muddled than generally culturally considered, as well as to a great extent discursively created and maintained. Instead of understanding trans men’s bodies through lack and deficiency, I consider the trans penis as a part of body-reflexive practices of masculinity, a significant part of building one’s trans male self. I am thus arguing for a change in how we understand what a penis is, or what counts as a penis, as well as in how we see and understand trans men’s bodies.

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Intellect Ltd., 2023. Vol. 21, no 1, p. 117-129
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-99611DOI: 10.1386/nl_00043_1OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-99611DiVA, id: diva2:1857175
Available from: 2024-05-13 Created: 2024-05-13 Last updated: 2024-05-13Bibliographically approved

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