The Phallus Palace: Female to Male Transsexuals"The Phallus Palace "is a bold approach to the subject of female to male transexuals (FTMs). Personal testaments from FTMs and contributions from a host of others place the subject of transsexualism into a historical, medical, psychological and cultural context. Captivating photographs guide the reader from the FTMs female personae, through surgical operations, to portraits of the men whose self and public identities are finally revealed as one. Dean Kotula has worked as a documentary photographer for twenty years. Dean changed his sex from female to male under the scrutinizing eyes of 2,000 predominantly male shipyard workers while working as a machinist. The ensuing ordeal prompted him to create this book A native Minnesotan, Dean now resides in Massachusetts where he co-owns an antique business. |
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... Behavior 22 ( 2 ) : 145–155 . Lothstein , L. ( 1983 ) . Female to male transsexualism : Historical , clinical , and theoretical issues . Routledge and Kegan Paul . Meyer , W. , III ( chairperson ) , Bockting , W. , Cohen - Kettenis , P ...
... behaviors , and how did they develop ? " In the laboratory the work was mainly with guinea pigs and rats . I was also curi- ous as to those factors in humans that structured sexual behavior . The zeitgeist at the time held that it was ...
... behavior has changed little , people are far more accepting of me . The same behavior that people once labeled " brusque , " " distant , " or " superior " is now inter- preted as " direct " and " assertive . " More often , and perhaps ...