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The legal aspects of gender reassignment
Kotková, Petra ; Frinta, Ondřej (referee)
1 ABSTRACT Dissertation on Legal Aspects of Gender Reassignment. Characteristics of the topic, definition of the aim of the thesis and methods. The statement that "Man is born free and is everywhere in chains" is not merely a well known sentence with which the Enlightenment philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau opened his treatise On the Social Contract, for it reverberates the idea of universal human freedom. Therefore, this quotation can also be applied to the very sensitive issue that is the subject of this work. It has been argued in the literature that the issue of gender reassignment is a reminder that the social categories (male, female) that we encounter in everyday life are not a definitive description of the diversity of society, but a reflection of individual imagination. One cannot but agree with this, although there are other views. The first references to sexual mismatch can be seen in antiquity. Literature suggests that men at this time were characterised by femininity in their behaviour and character. Among the well-known medieval figures, Joan of Arc, who removed her breasts, cut her hair and dressed up as a man, can be mentioned. In these times, no distinction was made between transvestitism and transsexuality. It was not until 1897 that Doctor Howard published a case of a man who fit today's...
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