homophobia

[Lucky Pierre]

Doug et al: Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading something
awhile back about Deirdre in which the "sex change" was framed as symbolic
intervention: she thought she must carry the symbolic power of male gender
in her author line to negotiate the preconceptions of a "male-dominated"
academic field (history of economics and rhetoric--she was affiliated with
the history dept. at U. of Iowa). She never went under the knife for the
change.
Jayson
>
>In economics, there was the celebrated case of Donald McCloskey, who became
>Deirdre. I defer to the economists on the list to evaluate his/her level in
>the profession.
>
>Doug

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