Sexually Dimorphic Bodies: A Production of Birth Certificates
Sexually Dimorphic Bodies: A Production of Birth Certificates
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性别二态身体：出生证明的制作
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发表时间：
2019
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0.5
通讯作者：
Lena Holzer
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作者：
Lena Holzer
摘要 在出生证明上登记新生儿的性别通常被视为反映自然情况的形式。然而，这篇文章表明，性别/性别的登记不仅仅是记录自然存在的身体性别差异；它实际上产生并塑造了身体，使其以符合性别二态性理解的方式发育。因此，有性别的身体不是前话语和静态的物体，而是不断处于变化过程中，受到社会法律程序（包括性别/性别登记）的影响。通过分析在不同司法管辖区（特别是澳大利亚各州和领地）登记出生证明上的法定性别/性别的影响以及其性别标记的变化，本文旨在展示双性人以及内性顺人和跨性别者的身体如何被塑造成他们所期望的样子：性别二态性。它的结论是，合法指定性别对身体具有本质上的暴力影响，可以通过消除性别的公共登记来避免这种影响。
Abstract Registering a newborn’s gender/sex on the birth certificate is usually seen as a mere formality that reflects a natural state of affairs. This article, however, shows that the registration of gender/sex does something else than record naturally given sex differences in bodies; it actually produces and shapes bodies to develop in a way conformant with understandings of sexual dimorphism. Sexed bodies are therefore not pre-discursive and static objects, but they are constantly in the process of becoming, influenced by socio-legal procedures, including gender/sex registration. By analysing the effects of registering the legal gender/sex on birth certificates and the change of gender markers thereof in various jurisdictions, in particular Australian states and territories, the article aims to show how bodies of intersex as well as endosex cis and trans persons are made into what they are expected to be: sexually dimorphic. It concludes that legally assigning a gender/sex has intrinsically violent effects on bodies, something that could be avoided by eliminating the public registration of gender/sex.