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Abstract
Previous notions about gender and sex are being challenged throughout all levels of society. Difficult questions of sexual power are publically entwined with equally sensitive questions of sexual morality. Museums have a role to play in informing the public about new developments in this area, providing high-quality research-based information, correcting widespread misinformation, and helping to counter prejudices.
About the Author
Muriel Dimen, Ph.D., is a psychoanalyst; Adjunct Clinical Professor of Psychology, New York University Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy; Professor Emerita of Anthropology, Lehman College (CUNY); and the Editor-in-Chief of Studies in Gender and Sexuality.
Notes
1 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/irene-monroe/the-gandhi-none-of-us-kne_b_842941.html. Accessed August 1, 2015.
2 May 4, 1989. http://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/04/obituaries/christine-jorgensen-62-is-dead-was-first-to-have-a-sex-change.html. Accessed July 22, 2015.