Listen "163 - Exploring gender without identity"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode Nicoleta is talking about gender and happiness with Ann Pellegrini, psychoanalysts, author and Professor at New York University. How happiness is shaped by the social and cultural normsPersonal questioning around struggle and flourishingWhen early life experiences drive our career choicesHappiness despite sexism, misogyny and homophobia How a tomboy learns to live in genderWhy all gender arises out of a relationship with normative traumaTrauma and its impact on happinessWhy trauma is constitutive to what it means to be humanHow our sense of self and identity developsInsight into gender internalisation Why everyone is gender nonconformingSocietal discrimination and prejudice around gender fluidityHealing trauma through gender affirmative careSolidarity and common cause for support, catharsis and healing Connect with Ann here: https://annpellegrini.com/ Order the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Gender-Without-Identity-Avgi-Saketopoulou/dp/1942254199
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