The concept of gender, salient, in the Western context, for the purposes of "articulating a sense of self" (Alcoff, 2006), has been discussed within the feminist, post-modernist and post-structuralist (Butler, 1988, 1990; Pilcher & Whelehan, 2017) encountering processes of deconstruction of naturalness (i.e. its correspondence with the concept of sex and its reduction to it) and of binarism (i.e. the idea that gender can be divided into the two categories of male and female) that characterized its definition (Corwin, 2017; De Lauretis, 1991; Richards et al., 2016). The "conflation of sex and gender" (Shearer, 2019) and the "binary frame," can be considered interpretive (thus, hermeneutic) resources of the making experience of gender that make the experiences of transgender identities difficult to intelligible, particularly those that are "non-binary", that is, not ascribable to the male/female dichotomy (Coyle, 2020; Haynes & McKenna, 2001; Richards et al., 2016). The lack of resources linguistic, narrative, and lexical resources adequate for the expression of a gendered experience alternative to binary one affects the lives of nonbinary people in a negative way, limiting their possibilities of making themselves intelligible through words (such as, for example, personal pronouns) and narratives that are intelligible, to themselves and others (Nicholas, 2018; Sczesny et al., 2016; Kapusta, 2016; Coyle, 2020) and potentially exposing them to experience phenomena of injustice witnessing and hermeneutic injustice (Fricker, 2007) in numerous contexts, including the psychotherapeutic context (Fricker & Jenkins, 2017; James et al., 2016). As psychotherapy is, regardless of the frame of theoretical frame of reference, a science that adopts interpretive strategies for understanding of the experience brought by the patient (thus a hermeneutic science, Liccione & Liccione, 2016), we will discuss how to make the psychotherapeutic context an accessible, welcoming, and validating towards non-binary people, through appropriate tools for understanding of the suffering and challenges that these users may find themselves experiencing and the use of respectful, non-pathological respectful, non-pathologizing, and affirming language (American Psychological Association, 2015; Anzani et al., 2019; Bouman et al. 2017; Budge, 2015; Galupo et al., 2020; World Professional Association for Transgender Health, 2012).
Il concetto di genere, saliente, nel contesto occidentale, ai fini “dell’articolazione del senso di sé” (Alcoff, 2006), è stato discusso nell’ambito del dibattito filosofico femminista, post-modernista e post-strutturalista (Butler, 1988, 1990; Pilcher & Whelehan, 2017) andando incontro a processi di decostruzione della naturalità (ovvero della sua corrispondenza con il concetto di sesso e della sua riduzione ad esso) e del binarismo (ovvero dell’idea che il genere sia suddivisibile nelle due categorie del maschile e del femminile) che ne caratterizzavano la definizione (Corwin, 2017; De Lauretis, 1991; Richards et al., 2016). La “conflazione fra sesso e genere” (Shearer, 2019) e la “cornice binaria”, possono essere considerate risorse interpretative (dunque, ermeneutiche) del fare esperienza del genere che rendono difficilmente intelligibili le esperienze delle identità transgender, in particolare di quelle “non binarie”, ovvero non riconducibili alla dicotomia maschile/femminile (Coyle, 2020; Haynes & McKenna, 2001; Richards et al., 2016). La mancanza di risorse linguistiche, narrative e lessicali adeguate all’espressione di un’esperienza di genere alternativa a quella binaria influenza la vita delle persone non binarie in senso negativo, limitando le loro possibilità di rendersi comprensibili attraverso parole (come, ad esempio, i pronomi personali) e racconti che risultino intelligibili, per sé stesse e per gli altri (Nicholas, 2018; Sczesny et al., 2016; Kapusta, 2016; Coyle, 2020) ed esponendole, potenzialmente, a vivere fenomeni di ingiustizia testimoniale ed ermeneutica (Fricker, 2007) in numerosi contesti, compreso quello psicoterapeutico (Fricker & Jenkins, 2017; James et al., 2016). Essendo la psicoterapia, a prescindere dalla cornice teorica di riferimento, una scienza che adotta delle strategie interpretative per la comprensione dell’esperienza portata dal paziente (dunque una scienza ermeneutica, Liccione & Liccione, 2016), si discuterà di come rendere il contesto psicoterapeutico un luogo accessibile, accogliente e validante nei confronti delle persone non binarie, attraverso strumenti adeguati alla comprensione della sofferenza e delle sfide che questa utenza può ritrovarsi a vivere e all’utilizzo di pratiche linguistiche rispettose, non patologizzanti e affermative (American Psychological Association, 2015; Anzani et al., 2019; Bouman et al. 2017; Budge, 2015; Galupo et al., 2020; World Professional Association for Transgender Health, 2012).
Il ruolo del linguaggio inclusivo nella pratica psicologica affermativa con le identità Transgender non binarie.
ATZENI, FRANCESCA
2020/2021
Abstract
The concept of gender, salient, in the Western context, for the purposes of "articulating a sense of self" (Alcoff, 2006), has been discussed within the feminist, post-modernist and post-structuralist (Butler, 1988, 1990; Pilcher & Whelehan, 2017) encountering processes of deconstruction of naturalness (i.e. its correspondence with the concept of sex and its reduction to it) and of binarism (i.e. the idea that gender can be divided into the two categories of male and female) that characterized its definition (Corwin, 2017; De Lauretis, 1991; Richards et al., 2016). The "conflation of sex and gender" (Shearer, 2019) and the "binary frame," can be considered interpretive (thus, hermeneutic) resources of the making experience of gender that make the experiences of transgender identities difficult to intelligible, particularly those that are "non-binary", that is, not ascribable to the male/female dichotomy (Coyle, 2020; Haynes & McKenna, 2001; Richards et al., 2016). The lack of resources linguistic, narrative, and lexical resources adequate for the expression of a gendered experience alternative to binary one affects the lives of nonbinary people in a negative way, limiting their possibilities of making themselves intelligible through words (such as, for example, personal pronouns) and narratives that are intelligible, to themselves and others (Nicholas, 2018; Sczesny et al., 2016; Kapusta, 2016; Coyle, 2020) and potentially exposing them to experience phenomena of injustice witnessing and hermeneutic injustice (Fricker, 2007) in numerous contexts, including the psychotherapeutic context (Fricker & Jenkins, 2017; James et al., 2016). As psychotherapy is, regardless of the frame of theoretical frame of reference, a science that adopts interpretive strategies for understanding of the experience brought by the patient (thus a hermeneutic science, Liccione & Liccione, 2016), we will discuss how to make the psychotherapeutic context an accessible, welcoming, and validating towards non-binary people, through appropriate tools for understanding of the suffering and challenges that these users may find themselves experiencing and the use of respectful, non-pathological respectful, non-pathologizing, and affirming language (American Psychological Association, 2015; Anzani et al., 2019; Bouman et al. 2017; Budge, 2015; Galupo et al., 2020; World Professional Association for Transgender Health, 2012).È consentito all'utente scaricare e condividere i documenti disponibili a testo pieno in UNITESI UNIPV nel rispetto della licenza Creative Commons del tipo CC BY NC ND.
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