(Re)Construction of the body of transgender women: daily search for (in)satisfaction and care?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To analyze the structure and contents of transgender women's social representations of their bodies and body modification practices.

Methods

Research conducted with 92 women using the Snowball technique. The data were collected using the free evocation of words technique and processed by the Evoc software, which organized the central and peripheral elements.

Results

The representation of the real body includes two structuring aspects: one related to the need to adapt/modify the body conformation according to the self-reported gender, because of the dissatisfaction with the body itself; the second reveals the happiness/satisfaction considering the results obtained through the body modification/adaptation practices adopted in the transition.

Final considera

SUBMITTER: Porcino C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9749498 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature