DON KULICK: GENDER
TRAVESTI: group of male prostitutes who have female qualities
→ Famous in Brazil’s carnival
→ ROBERTA CLOSE: famous travesti
OF BRAZILIAN
→ Travestis are discriminated against that’s why not many go out in
TRANSGENDERED the day
PROSTITUES -victims of police brutality and are sometimes murdered
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAVETIS
GENDER
→ Start from the age of 10/12 = drink hormonal
Socially constructed supplements > oestrogen
→ The way you are raised → Gain wider hips, larger breasts and butt
→ Clothing you wear → Younger travestis learn about hormone injection/pills
→ Financial freedom = able to decide your own individuality through older travetis
→ Man, who has sex with another man is seen as gay → They are told by admirers/friend/boyfriends to enhance
themselves into more feminine figures of desire
LATIN AMERICAN SEXUAL CATEGORIES
→ Results after 2 months
Gender is based on the role performed during sexual act
→ Hormone make it difficult for travestis to gain an erection
→ Male who penetrates = man → Clients want to be penetrated by travestis
-allowed to brag about who the penetrate which reinforces their -they inject themselves with silicon to enhance their
masculinity assets, instead of using hormones
→ Male who is penetrated = non-man/ travesti/ homosexual -silicon is bought from automobile parts suppliers, by
-un-masculine, passive/ feminine position travestis who sell it to other travestis when the silicon is
→ Female = non-man in demand
-the exchange is made in secret
TRAVESTI BODY -injected by friends
-do not put silicon into their breasts = causes cancer
TRAVESTI: group of male prostitutes who have female qualities
→ Famous in Brazil’s carnival
→ ROBERTA CLOSE: famous travesti
OF BRAZILIAN
→ Travestis are discriminated against that’s why not many go out in
TRANSGENDERED the day
PROSTITUES -victims of police brutality and are sometimes murdered
CHARACTERISTICS OF TRAVETIS
GENDER
→ Start from the age of 10/12 = drink hormonal
Socially constructed supplements > oestrogen
→ The way you are raised → Gain wider hips, larger breasts and butt
→ Clothing you wear → Younger travestis learn about hormone injection/pills
→ Financial freedom = able to decide your own individuality through older travetis
→ Man, who has sex with another man is seen as gay → They are told by admirers/friend/boyfriends to enhance
themselves into more feminine figures of desire
LATIN AMERICAN SEXUAL CATEGORIES
→ Results after 2 months
Gender is based on the role performed during sexual act
→ Hormone make it difficult for travestis to gain an erection
→ Male who penetrates = man → Clients want to be penetrated by travestis
-allowed to brag about who the penetrate which reinforces their -they inject themselves with silicon to enhance their
masculinity assets, instead of using hormones
→ Male who is penetrated = non-man/ travesti/ homosexual -silicon is bought from automobile parts suppliers, by
-un-masculine, passive/ feminine position travestis who sell it to other travestis when the silicon is
→ Female = non-man in demand
-the exchange is made in secret
TRAVESTI BODY -injected by friends
-do not put silicon into their breasts = causes cancer
