publication . Article . Other literature type . 2015

Prevalence of Gender Nonconformity in Flanders, Belgium

Name: Prevalence of gender nonconformity in Flanders, Belgium
Keywords: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), General Psychology, Medicine and Health Sciences, gender nonconformity, Belgium, Gender identity, SEXPERT, TRANSSEXUALISM, NETHERLANDS, SEX, DYSPHORIA, HEALTH

Griet De Cuypere; Els Elaut; Ann Buysse; K. Wierckx; Alexis Dewaele; Filip Van Nieuwerburgh; Guy T'Sjoen; Eva Van Caenegem;

Open Access

Published: 15 Jan 2015 Journal: Archives of Sexual Behavior, volume 44, pages 1,281-1,287 (issn: 0004-0002, eissn: 1573-2800,

Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Country: Belgium

Summary

Abstract

Gender nonconformity refers to the extent to which a person’s gender identity, gender role and/or gender expression differs from the cultural norms prescribed for people of a particular sex, within a certain society and era. Most data on gender nonconformity focus on the prevalence of gender dysphoria (which also includes a distress factor) or on the number of legal sex changes. However, not every gender nonconforming individual experiences distress or applies for treatment. Population-based research on the broad spectrum of gender nonconformity is scarce and more information on the variance outside the gender binary is needed. This study aimed to examine the pr...

doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0452-6

handle: 1854/LU-5753078

Subjects

free text keywords: Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous), General Psychology, Medicine and Health Sciences, gender nonconformity, Belgium, Gender identity, SEXPERT, TRANSSEXUALISM, NETHERLANDS, SEX, DYSPHORIA, HEALTH, Sexual minority, Demography, Gender binary, Psychology, Gender Identity Disorder, Nonconformity, Gender dysphoria, medicine.disease, medicine, Developmental psychology, Gender role, Population, education.field_of_study, education, Gender psychology

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