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Whipping Girl
A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
By Julia Serano
SEAL PRESS; 390 PAGES; $15.95 PAPERBACK
Femininity is under attack, and not just from the usual culprits. According to writer, biologist and spoken-word artist Julia Serano, in our society being feminine is still second rate. And in her erudite and entertaining analysis of the issue, nobody gets away without a “shame on you” for perpetrating these calcified notions of womanhood.