Cutting my dick off

O'Shea, Saoirse (2019). Cutting my dick off. Culture and Organization, 25(4) pp. 272–283.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14759551.2019.1608203

Abstract

This essay considers how transgender and non-conforming people and their bodies are medically organised in society by surgery. The surgical normalisation of these bodies is not however enough for some in society. ‘Once a man, always a man’ claim those who oppose and abuse TGNC people and the UK daily press, radio and TV routinely encourage and facilitate this abuse. This essay focuses on themes of genitalia, tattoos, self-harm, self-mutilation and auto-castration to understand how and why society and medical practices seem to be obsessed with normalising bodies. It does so in relation to one body, that of a non-binary individual. That body is my own and it is my hope that this essay will open up and add to literature on trans folk in organisational discourse whilst also introducing the issues of gender dysphoria and ‘self-mutilation’ as themes for further organisational research and debate.

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• Item ORO ID
• 73586
• Item Type
• Journal Item
• ISSN
• 1477-2760
• Keywords
• Bodies and flesh; self-mutilation; tattoos; auto-castration; transgender and non-binary
• Academic Unit or School
• Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business > Department for People and Organisations
  Faculty of Business and Law (FBL) > Business
  Faculty of Business and Law (FBL)
• Copyright Holders
• © 2019 Informa UK Limited
• Depositing User
• Saoirse O'Shea