ECDE 3
quantitative research approach. The participants were self-identified transgender people who
passed the eligibility tests. The authors found out that 41% of the participants had experienced
discrimination that is associated with transgender. Some of the factors associated with the
discrimination of such a group included geographic location, low socioeconomic status and
visible signs of gender transition. Similar findings were also reported by (Budge, Adelson, &
Howard, 2013; Bockting et al., 2013). Therefore, there is literature evidence of the controversies
surrounding transgender issues, but the author is determined to counter all these by using the
real-life experience of the family of Rosie and Penn with one of their transgender child Poppy.
There are theoretical assumptions implied by the case study explored by the author. The
author contends that gender orientation is not only identified through the traditional binary
approach of either male or female. The studies by Nagoshi and Brzuzy (2010) and Nagoshi,
Brzuzy, and Terrell (2012) have also criticized the traditional binary of defining genders. Instead,
the emerging theoretical orientation on the identity of gender and its nature should be based on
the lived experiences of transgender people. The author reasons that the theory surrounding the
transgender controversy is distinct and should focus on the significance of physical embodiment
in gender identity. However, the author doesn’t explore the theory in detail.
The book has a significant contribution to the topic of transgender in childhood
discipline. The initial understanding of the family of Rosie and Penn is that which is common in
the society. The author points out how the parents of Ponny were affected when they came into
terms that their child was showing signs of transgenderism. The mother is a medical doctor who
has a different view and solution for the issue of transgender, whereas the father is a writer and
who works from home also views the situation differently and is with a different solution.
Similarly, the brothers to Poppy are very much affected by his transformation. The author uses

+13062052269

info@desklib.com

Diploma in ECDE - This is how it always is

Contribute Materials

Related Documents

Education Studies Novel 2022