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A review by blurrybug
The Gender Games: The Problem with Men and Women, from Someone Who Has Been Both by Juno Dawson
4.0
4,5 stars
this is part memoir, part social study and fully educational.
This is written from Juno Dawson about her journey, her growth and her life but it also takes on social aspect of the issue with Gender and Sex.
Though i can never fully comprehend the transformation for a transgender person as I as cis-female has a certain privilege I fully appreciate that these books exist and are so fully available for others out there.
It takes up issues with how we behave upon what society expect of us and questions them in a way that have been up to discussion several times in the past year, yet it is not a discussion that is exhausted, it just seem to stay relevant.
A fine book for anyone not just those questioning gender, it does go into some sexual detail at times as one may expect from a memoir to do. Juno doesn't give all details, but she doesn't hide the aspect she finds relevant to her journey. She did live many years as a gay male and do tell us some stories from that time and builds further on that later in the book.
Throughout the book she references studies, articles, literary work and comes with little side notes to her own stories. the only thing I found myself missing was an index of the cited work or even an index for further reading.
this is part memoir, part social study and fully educational.
This is written from Juno Dawson about her journey, her growth and her life but it also takes on social aspect of the issue with Gender and Sex.
Though i can never fully comprehend the transformation for a transgender person as I as cis-female has a certain privilege I fully appreciate that these books exist and are so fully available for others out there.
It takes up issues with how we behave upon what society expect of us and questions them in a way that have been up to discussion several times in the past year, yet it is not a discussion that is exhausted, it just seem to stay relevant.
A fine book for anyone not just those questioning gender, it does go into some sexual detail at times as one may expect from a memoir to do. Juno doesn't give all details, but she doesn't hide the aspect she finds relevant to her journey. She did live many years as a gay male and do tell us some stories from that time and builds further on that later in the book.
Throughout the book she references studies, articles, literary work and comes with little side notes to her own stories. the only thing I found myself missing was an index of the cited work or even an index for further reading.