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“I don’t know what it means to be a woman.... I never use the word woman with relation to myself... I have avoided my body, tried to get acquainted with it, but absolutely hate it.... My main problem is I have difficulty getting close to people.”
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Webster, T.G. (1990). Transsexualism and Choices. In: Spurlock, J., Robinowitz, C.B. (eds) Women’s Progress. Women in Context. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0855-1_16
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