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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Female to Male Transsexuals Dean Kotula. Males are socialized differently from females . There is a great variability between fami- lies and cultures as to what those differences entail — the magnitude and type of initiation rituals ...
... male or female individual who thinks he or she is more suited or meant to live as a member of the opposite sex . Thus , a male might believe , I should really be a woman or even I am ... trapped in a male body and I should be in a ...
... male or I am a female . These are the definitions and terms I am most familiar with , but I am becoming increasingly aware that these terms are sometimes being used inter- changeably , possibly incorrectly , and that the term gender is ...