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antirheumatic's review against another edition
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Helpful for basic skills in listening and performing empathetic gestures however it still subscribes to the outmoded idea of “cultural competency” and the gender subsection of chapter 12 is the most out-of-touch description of a binary gender experience I’ve ever seen. The interchanging of man/male and woman/female is confused and aimless, and the description of socialization reinforces Western gender stereotypes, a bias the text itself warns about. This section—about encountering gender differences—also does not mention the existence of transgender people. Not one passing sentence. The gender chapter is new for the 2017 6th edition. The APA’s guideline for psychologists working with transgender and gender non-conforming people in 2015 predates the 6th edition of this book by 2 years. Why include a section on gender if the intention was not to describe how to approach working with different gender experiences? Why leave out all mention of transgender people?
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