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Bezig met laden... The Last Time I Wore A Dressdoor Dylan Scholinski
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. adult/teen nonfiction; memoir (LGBT/insane asylum). Originally sent to an asylum because her parents refused to take care of her, Daphne is kept at various treatment facilities at first for pretending to be a drug addict and then for her "gender identity disorder." ( ) I thought this book jumped around quite a bit and the time frames were kind of all over. It was interesting to see how then this was looked at as a disorder and rebelling behavior compared to today it is not uncommon. It was also interesting how they didn't seem to realize part of the problem was home life, it was as though they blamed her for her home life. Intriguing to see how the different institutions ran. Daphne spent most of her teen years in a mental institution (or rather, several) due to gender nonconformity, among other issues. It blows my mind that people can just send their kids away because they are out of control and hope that someone else can just "fix" them. She is lucky that she didn't end up with bigger issues because she spent formative time with all these people who had real mental health issues. Infuriating. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"At the age of fifteen, Daphne Scholinski was put in a mental hospital for what her psychiatrist called "failure to identity as a sexual female." The hospital gave her a diagnosis that was brand-new to the medical books: Gender Identity Disorder. The years that should have been Daphne's typical high school experience instead consisted of periods of seclusion and physical restraint, frequent does of sedatives, and the close company of people who were truly crazy. It's hard to believe that doctors, circa 1981, described Daphne's treatment goals as becoming more obsessive about boys, learning about makeup, dressing more like a girl, curling and styling hair, and spending quality time learning about "girl things" with peers. Thousand of teenagers are institutionalized in the United States each year for being too sissyish or too much of a tomboy.Though the facts are truly frightening, Jane Meredith Adams has captured Daphne's fresh, funny, triumphant voice so vividly that The Last Time I Wore a Dress is impossible to put down. The result is a book is reminiscent of The Catcher in the Rye and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest as well as an expose of a shameful medical sham that has destroyed countless childhoods."--Publisher's description. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)616.8583Technology Medicine and health Diseases Diseases of nervous system and mental disorders Miscellaneous Personality, sexual, gender-identity, impulse-control, factitious, developmental, learning disorders; violent behavior; mental retardation Sexual and gender-identity disordersLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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