THE DISCOVERY OF TRANS MAN IDENTITY AND THE WRONG BODY METAPHOR/ A DESCOBERTA DA IDENTIDADE DE HOMEM TRANS E A METAFORA DO CORPO ERRADO

This article deals with the moment in the life trajectory of two trans men, more specifically, the period in which they discover the existence of the identity of trans men. The discovery of this identity is accompanied by an interpretation of their experiences heavily influenced by biomedical knowle...

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Veröffentlicht in:Revista Ártemis (João Pessoa) 2023-01, Vol.35 (1), p.94
1. Verfasser: de Freitas Ribeiro, Andressa
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Zusammenfassung:This article deals with the moment in the life trajectory of two trans men, more specifically, the period in which they discover the existence of the identity of trans men. The discovery of this identity is accompanied by an interpretation of their experiences heavily influenced by biomedical knowledge and based both on the idea of separation between a man's soul and a woman's body as well as on the idea of "the wrong body". The present article will, then, problematize the assumption of separation between self and body and propose, through the phenomenological paradigm, another interpretation for these experiences. To this end, the article is based on the analysis of life narratives built on the basis of experience reports and open and in-depth interviews. The result of this article is the perspective that the idea of separation between self and body is the result of the assumption of separation between nature and society that underlies modernity. It is demonstrated that, more than a separation between body and soul, what is constituted is a feeling of mismatch between a perception of oneself, in terms of gender, and the perception of the other. More than providing finished answers to the questions posed, this article aims to present interpretive possibilities and, with that, expand the scientific debate on the subject. Keyword: Trans men. Gender. Body. Identity. Este artigo trata do momento da trajetoria de vida de dois homens trans, mais especificamente, do periodo em que eles descobrem a existencia da identidade de homens trans. A descoberta dessa identidade e acompanhada por uma interpretacao das suas experiencias muito influenciada pelo saber biomedico e pautada tanto na ideia de separacao entre uma alma de homem e um corpo de mulher assim como na ideia "do corpo errado". O presente artigo ira, entao, problematizar o pressuposto de separacao entre ser e corpo, e propor, atraves do paradigma fenomenologico, uma outra interpretacao para essas experiencias. Para tanto, o artigo fundamenta-se na analise de narrativas de vida construidas com base nos relatos de experiencia e nas entrevistas abertas e em profundidade. Resulta deste artigo a perspectiva de que a ideia de separacao entre ser e corpo e fruto do pressuposto de separacao entre natureza e sociedade que fundamenta a modernidade. Demonstra-se que, mais do que uma separacao entre corpo e alma, o que se constitui e uma sensacao de descompasso entre uma percepcao de si, em termos de genero, e a percep
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