Transsexualism and Christian Marriage

It is important for the Christian understanding of marriage that the couple should be man and woman, but what is the status of a postoperative transsexual? Against the thesis that someone who was unambiguously a member of one biological sex cannot then become a member of the other, two cases can be...

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1. VerfasserIn: O'Donovan, Oliver 1945- (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell 1983
In: Journal of religious ethics
Jahr: 1983, Band: 11, Heft: 1, Seiten: 135-162
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Zusammenfassung:It is important for the Christian understanding of marriage that the couple should be man and woman, but what is the status of a postoperative transsexual? Against the thesis that someone who was unambiguously a member of one biological sex cannot then become a member of the other, two cases can be made. The psychological case argues that since biological sexuality cannot be considered on its own, the transsexual, by virtue of cross-gender identification, is properly understood as ambiguously sexed. The social case argues that public acceptance of a gender role, even in marriage, does not immediately depend on the "real" sex of the individual. Neither case is without difficulty.
ISSN:1467-9795
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religious ethics