Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Idaho, 2006. / Abstract. "May 2006." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-146). Also available online in PDF format.

The thesis deals with the normative discourse of transsexuality, both from a general cultural- historical perspective in the context of Western science and medicine and more specifically in the context of Czech sexology. On a detailed analysis of the publication Transsexualita: Diagnostika a léčba (Transsexuality: Diagnostics and Treatment), I illustrate the currently dominant conceptualization of transgender and/or transsexuality as a disorder, which, due to its normative influence, predetermines not only the possibilities of (self)identification available to trans* people in the Czech Republic, but also their treatment by Czech society and state institutions (e.g. in the conditions to be met for legal gender recognition, which still include compulsory sterilization). Methodologically, the thesis is chiefly grounded in discourse analysis, but it also shows an ethical standpoint in relation to the situation of Czech trans* people in the legal and medical systems. I also consider the factual dimension of transgender status and other expressions of gender diversity, primarily in maintaining a critical distance from the notions of their alleged pathology, still widespread in the normative sexological discourse. Keywords Biology, discourse, ethics, human rights, intersex, normativity, pathologization,...

Submitted by Ana Lúcia Torres (bfmhuap@gmail.com) on 2018-01-18T14:23:41Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) LUCAS LOPES.pdf: 1226304 bytes, checksum: b21f3a9a409d6f27fb963243955692ce (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Lúcia Torres (bfmhuap@gmail.com) on 2018-01-18T14:23:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) LUCAS LOPES.pdf: 1226304 bytes, checksum: b21f3a9a409d6f27fb963243955692ce (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-01-18T14:23:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) LUCAS LOPES.pdf: 1226304 bytes, checksum: b21f3a9a409d6f27fb963243955692ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017 / Cruz Vermelha Brasileira / A formação do biólogo comumente não apresenta espaços destinados a reflexão ética da atuação deste e isso pode gerar uma defasagem em relação a sua atuação. O presente trabalho propõe então entrevistas semiestruturadas com alunos de graduação em Ciências Biológicas em último ano para que se possa avaliar que questões éticas são identificadas por eles. Após a análise de suas falas, pode observar a identificação de questões problemáticas pelos estudantes, que versavam principalmente sobre a formação do biólogo e sua atuação. Pensando sobre a formação, as questões sobre uso animal (fins didáticos), espaços para reflexão ética, problemas de relações entre alunos-alunos e alunos-orientadores foram apontados como importantes. Com relação a atuação do profissional biólogo as questões trazidas foram sobre a valorização do biólogo, as possíveis atuações dele, e o foco sobre a pesquisa. Essas variadas questões problemáticas mostram que funcionamentos dos estudantes estão sendo negligenciados ou sendo afetados pela falta de reflexões éticas sobre a natureza da própria atuação do biólogo. Propiciar tais reflexões e encarar tais questões como de cunho ético pode ser o caminho para uma melhor inserção e valorização do biólogo na sociedade / The formation of the biologist usually does not presents spaces designated to the ethical reflection of the performance of this one and this can generate a gap related to its performance. The present work then proposes semi-structured interviews with undergraduate students in Biological Sciences in the last year so they can evaluate what ethical issues are identified by them. After analyzing their speeches, we can observe the identification of problematic issues by the students, which focused mainly on the formation of the biologist and his performance. Thinking about the formations, questions about animal use (didactic purposes), spaces for ethical reflection, and problems of relations between students and students and professors were pointed out as important issues. With regard to the professional biologists work, the questions raised were about the biologist's appreciation, his possible actions, and the focus on the research. These varied issues shows that student’s functioning are being neglected or being affected by the lack of ethical reflections about the nature of the biologist's own performance. To foster such reflections and to address such issues as ethical in nature may be the way to better integrate and value the biologist in society