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Whose crazy investment in sex?

Lane R Mandlis¹

¹Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. lane.mandlis@ualberta.ca

Journal of Homosexuality

|February 5, 2011

Summary

This study examines the exclusion of transgender individuals from political and social spheres, analyzing how their embodiment is devalued. It questions why certain investments in sexed embodiment are deemed "crazy," contributing to social and political theory.

Area of Science:

Social and Political Theory
Gender Studies
Philosophy

Background:

Transsexual exclusion from the political sphere.
Examination of exclusion from the category "human."
Analysis of erasure of investment in embodied sex.

Purpose of the Study:

Contribute to social and political theory.
Examine processes of exclusion from the category "human."
Question whose investment in sexed embodiment counts and why it is seen as "crazy."

Main Methods:

Theoretical analysis integrating Agamben, Bataille, Butler, and Rose.
Examination of transphobia, medicalization in psychiatry, law, and ethopolitics.
Analysis of how erasure of investment in embodied sex justifies blaming others for sex/gender variance.

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Main Results:

Identifies mechanisms of exclusion from the political and "human" categories.
Demonstrates how erasure of embodied investment facilitates blaming for sex/gender variance.
Highlights the role of medicalization and ethopolitics in defining "crazy" embodiment.

Conclusions:

Exclusion from the "human" category is a political process impacting transgender individuals.
The concept of "investment in sexed embodiment" is central to understanding transphobia and medicalization.
Further theoretical work is needed to deconstruct "crazy" ascriptions related to gender variance.