A Guide to Gender (2nd Edition): The Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook

The First Edition Was Featured As #1 Best-seller In Gender On Amazon, And Is Being Used By Gender Studies & Sociology Professors On 3 Continents. Now With A New Foreword By The Author, Brand New Chapters, Fixed Tpyos, And More Gender! 100% Of Royalties From This Edition Go Directly To Hues, A Global Justice Collective. Where Do We Start, When It Comes To Learning About Something That's Everywhere, Infused Into Everything, And Is Often One Of The Primary Lenses Through Which We See Ourselves And Others? When It Comes To Understanding Gender, It's Best To Begin With Deep Breath, Then With Section One Of This Book By Social Justice Advocate Sam Killermann, Who Uses Clear Language, Helpful Examples, And A Bit Of Humor To Help The Medicine Go Down. This Book Is Not Overwhelming, It's Not Overly Complicated, And It's Not Exhausting To Read. It Is A Few Hundred Pages Of Gender Exploration, Social Justice How-tos, Practical Resources, And Fun Graphics & Comics. Sam Dissects Gender Using A Comprehensive, Non-binary Toolkit, With A Focus On Making This Subject Accessible And Enjoyable. All This To Help You Understand Something That Is So Commonly Misunderstood, But Something We All Think We Get: Gender. A Guide To Gender Is Broken Into Four Sections: Basic Training (which Sets The Foundation Of Knowledge For The Book, Defining Concepts Of Social Justice, Oppression, Privilege, And More); Breaking Through The Binary (beginning With A Discussion Of Gender Norms, And Working Toward A More Nuanced Understanding Of Gender Identity, Gender Expression, And Sex); Feminism & Gender Equity (how Feminism Can Be A Solution To The Injustices Folks Of All Genders Face); And Social Justice Competence (a Series Of Short, Practical Lessons That Will Help Readers Put The Learning From The Book To Work). It's Written For People Who Want To Learn For Themselves, Educators Who Are Hoping To Better Communicate Themes Of Gender To Others, And Activists Who Want To Add A Gender Equity Lens To Their Vision Of Justice. It's Not Meant To Be The End Of One's Journey Into Understanding Gender, But A Great Place To Start. Because Gender Is Something We All Deserve To Understand. Foreword ix BASIC TRAINING Learning the things every social justice advocate needs to know, be- fore we get into the gender-speci c material. 1. Genderal Address 1 2. Navigating the Book 3 3. De ning Social Justice 11 4. e Cycle of Oppression 17 5. e Corruption of the Golden Rule 25 6. Understanding Intersections of Identity 33 7. Checking Your Privilege 39 BREAKING THROUGH THE BINARY 52 Moving from a traditional, incomplete understanding of gender to an inclusive, cognitively complex understanding of gender diversity. 8. Gender Norms 55 9. Introduction to the Genderbread Person 65 10. Genderbread 101: Getting Started 71 11. Using the “Spectrums” Genderbread Person 81 Sam Killermann 12. An Improved Way of Visualizing Gender 13. Using the “-Ness” Genderbread Person 14. Gender Identity Explored 15. Gender Expression Explored 16. Anatomical Sex Explored 17. Attraction and Gender 18. An Assortment of Gender Identities 19. How to Diagnose Someone as Transgender 20. e Dangers of Normalized Binary Gender 21. A “Non-Vital” Medical Procedure 22. Let’s Talk About Bathrooms 23. A Uni ed Understanding of Gender FEMINISM AND GENDER EQUITY A Guide to Gender Taking a quick look at the most contemporarily prominent gender movement and how it aligns with a more comprehensive cause. 24. e Well-Intentioned Misogynist 179 25. A Gender-Inclusive Feminist Perspective 187 26. Why People Believe Feminism Hates Men 193 SOCIAL JUSTICE COMPETENCE: WORKING FOR GENDER EQUITY 200 From comprehension to competence, knowledge to action, thinking to doing—this section focuses on preparing you for social justice in- terventions and education. 27. Why My Approach to Social Justice is Better than Yours 203 28. Being Well-Intentioned Isn’t Good Enough 209 29. No Such ing as a Positive Stereotype 219 30. Making Forms Gender Inclusive 225 vi 89 95 103 109 119 127 133 141 147 155 161 169 176 “Partner” and Other Inclusive Language 31. “Partner” and Other Inclusive Language 231 32. Political Correctness vs. Being Inclusive 237 33. Responding to Non-Inclusive Language 241 Conclusion 249 APPENDIX 254 e more you know, the more you know. Additional bits and pieces that help complete this gender puzzle. A. Glossary 257 B. Trans* Asterisk 275 C. Recommended Reading & Works Referenced 279 D. Heartfelt anks E. Cut-Outs About the Author 287 290 297 "Where do we start, when it comes to learning about something that's everywhere, infused into everything, and is often one of the primary lenses through which we see ourselves and others? When it comes to understanding gender, it's best to begin with deep breath, then with section one of this book by social justice advocate Sam Killermann, who uses clear language, helpful examples, and a bit of humor to help the medicine go down. This book is not overwhelming, it's not overly complicated, and it's not exhausting to read. It is a few hundred pages of gender exploration, social justice how-tos, practical resources, and fun graphics & comics. Sam dissects gender using a comprehensive, non-binary toolkit, with a focus on making this subject accessible and enjoyable. All this to help you understand something that is so commonly misunderstood, but something we all think we get: gender." --Amazon