"Definiraj se.": mesto butch oseb v družbenem svetu

Kosec, Barbara (author), Švab, Alenka (mentor)

Butch spolna identiteta je s strani družbe največkrat obravnavana kot imitacija moškega spola, kar je posledica težnje družbe k reproduciranju binarnega spolnega sistema žensko-moško. V diplomskem delu bom prikazala, kako je butch identiteta do določene mere res omejena in strukturirana z dominantnim heteronormativnim kontekstom, a gre predvsem za izražanje internega občutka spola ter avtentičnosti. V empiričnem delu sem s študijo primera osebe, ki se identificira kot butch, raziskovala, kakšen je potek razvoja te spolne identitete ter kako na ta proces vplivajo eksterni družbeni dejavniki, predvsem družinsko okolje in šola. Rezultate sem aplicirala na model razvoja avtentične butch spolne identitete, ki sta ga zasnovali avtorici Hiestand in Levitt (2005). Moje ugotovitve od faz v modelu odstopajo le za odtenek, predvsem v časovni dimenziji.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: Spolna binarnost, heteronormativnost, butch spolna identiteta, performativnost, avtentičnost.
• Work type: Bachelor thesis/paper
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Year: 2019
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-109613
• COBISS.SI-ID: 36399709
• Publication date in RUL: 06.09.2019

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: »Define yourself.«: the place of butch people in social world

Abstract

From the viewpoint of a larger society, butch sexual identity is most often considered as being an/as an imiation of a man, which is a consequence of society's tendency to reproduce the binary sexual system of a woman-man. In the thesis I will show how butch identity is to some extent really limited and structured with the dominant heteronormative context, but is predominantly about expressing an internal sense of gender and authenticity. In the empirical part, I studied the case study of a person who identifies as a butch, investigating the course of development of her gender identity and how this process is influenced by external social factors, especially the family environment and school. I applied the results to the model of butch gender identity formation, which was designed by authors Hiestand and Levitt (2005). My findings only slightly deviate from the phases in the model, especially in the time dimension.

• Keywords: Gender binary, heteronormativity, butch sexual identity, performativity, authenticity.