Internet Archive Scholar

Effects of Cisnormative Beauty Standards on Transgender Women's Perceptions and Expressions of Beauty

Delmira Monteiro, Mixalis Poulakis
2019 Midwest Social Sciences Journal  

Preserved Fulltext

fulltext thumbnail
Web Archive Capture PDF (319.6 kB)
https://web.archive.org/web/20220424175645/https://scholar.valpo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1009&context=mssj

A copy of this work was available on the public web and has been preserved in the Wayback Machine. The capture dates from 2022; you can also visit the original URL. The file type is application/pdf.

The authors conducted a qualitative study exploring the effects of cisnormative beauty standards on transgender women's perceptions and expressions of beauty. Twelve self-identified Caucasian transgender women completed a semistructured interview that provided descriptive data related to the women's perceptions of societal beauty standards. Analysis of the data revealed the following primary themes: Participants viewed the beauty of transgender and cisgender women as diverse or as encompassing
more » ... broad range of variability; societal beauty standards were influential on participants' expressions of beauty; and participants' viewed out-group transphobia as a factor contributing to discriminatory and prejudicial perceptions of transwomen's beauty.
doi:10.22543/2766-0796.1009 fatcat:ankwvs774jd7vefdnyfhcntnoi
Citation

Delmira Monteiro, Mixalis Poulakis. "Effects of Cisnormative Beauty Standards on Transgender Women's Perceptions and Expressions of Beauty." Midwest Social Sciences Journal 22.1 (2019)