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1) Orlando explores themes of gender and gender dysphoria through the story of its protagonist Orlando, who wakes up after seven days as a woman after having lived life as a man. 2) Woolf uses Orlando to represent the fluidity of gender and criticize the idea that gender is strictly binary. Through Orlando's experiences, Woolf shows how gender is socially constructed based on factors like clothing. 3) Orlando's changing gender causes psychological distress known as gender dysphoria. Woolf wrote Orlando to have fun experimenting with gender ideas and stories that were on her mind.

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GENDER AND SOCIETY, GENDER DYSPHORIA IN ORLANDO Presented by : Emisha Ravani
Sem 2 (M.A.) Roll no. 07 Enrollment no.: 4069206420210031 Paper code : 22399 Paper no. & paper name : Paper 106, The Twentieth Century Literature : 1900 to World war 2 Submitted to : Smt S.B. Gardi, Department of English, MKBU emisharavani3459@gmail.com
Points to ponder Gender and Society Gender dysphoria Womanhood Clothing Various incidences of Orlando
The Important Turn of The Novel Orlando wakes up after seven days long sleep Orlando convert into female Fictional representation of Woolfs own friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West - fluid depiction of gender in Orlando Woolf implies : dichotomous male vs female understanding of gender is merely a social construction, no person is of specific gender.
Gender dysphoria Psychological approach : Gender dysphoria is a condition where a person experiences discomfort or distress because there's a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity. It's sometimes known as gender incongruence. Biological sex is assigned at birth, depending on the appearance of the genitals. The condition of feeling ones emotional and psychological identity to be at variance with ones birth sex. A condition in which someone feels that they were born with the wrong sex. . click here to get much understanding of Gender dysphoria
The causes of gender dysphoria Genetics Hormonal during prenatal development Environmental factors
Clothing One of the ways in which gender is constructed in Orlando is through clothing. Clothes change our view of the world and the worlds view of us, declares the fictional biographer who narrates the book, and that is certainly the case for Orlando. Clothing by social norms and practices Whether, then, Orlando was most man or woman, the narrator writes It is difficult to say and cannot now be decided.
Orlandos clothes - not specifically her body, reflects her gender, Her clothes that make her attractive to the opposite sex As a woman, Orlando dresses up as a man and visits a prostitute named Nell. Nell assumes that Orlando is a man because of the way she dresses, and it is not until Orlando reveals herself as a woman that Nell begins to relax Im by no means sorry to hear it, Nell says of Orlandos revelation, Im not in the mood for the society of the other sex to-night. Indeed, Im in the devil of a fix. Nell accepts Orlando and acts differently based on what gender she believes Orlando to be based on her clothing, which again implies that ones understanding of gender is highly dependent upon social norms.
When Orlando first sees Sasha - the Great Frost, her Russian fashion serve to disguise the sex, - Orlando is convinced that Sasha is a man. But as Sasha skates closer and Orlando can make out the shape of her breasts under her masculine tunic, he knows she is a woman. Orlando is only curious about Sasha when he thinks shes a man, but when he finds out shes a woman, he falls madly in love with her. This suggests that peoples view of others, particularly on a romantic or sexual level, are deeply influenced by the social norms of how men and women are expected to present themselves.
For the truth is I feel the need of an escapade after these serious poetic experimental booksI want to kick up my heels and be off. I want to embody all those innumerable little ideas and tiny stories which flash into my mind at all seasons (Woolf Diary 104) a biography beginning in the year 1500 and continuing to the present day, called Orlando: Vita; only with a change about from one sex to another (Woolf Diary 114)
Conclusion Womanhood Gender crisis Psychological diagnostics Woolfs mental kind of reflections Self crisis
Work cited : Gender Dysphoria. Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/gender- dysphoria#:~:text=Gender%20dysphoria%28formerly%20known% 20as%20genderidentitydisorder%20in%20the%20fourth,these%20f eelings%20must%20cause%20significant%20distress%20or%20im pairment. Reading and Reassessing the Construction ... - Vassar College. digitalwindow.vassar.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1576&conte xt=senior_capstone.
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Gender and society^J gender dysphoria in Orlando.pptx

  • 1. GENDER AND SOCIETY, GENDER DYSPHORIA IN ORLANDO Presented by : Emisha Ravani
  • 2. Sem 2 (M.A.) Roll no. 07 Enrollment no.: 4069206420210031 Paper code : 22399 Paper no. & paper name : Paper 106, The Twentieth Century Literature : 1900 to World war 2 Submitted to : Smt S.B. Gardi, Department of English, MKBU emisharavani3459@gmail.com
  • 3. Points to ponder Gender and Society Gender dysphoria Womanhood Clothing Various incidences of Orlando
  • 4. The Important Turn of The Novel Orlando wakes up after seven days long sleep Orlando convert into female Fictional representation of Woolfs own friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West - fluid depiction of gender in Orlando Woolf implies : dichotomous male vs female understanding of gender is merely a social construction, no person is of specific gender.
  • 5. Gender dysphoria Psychological approach : Gender dysphoria is a condition where a person experiences discomfort or distress because there's a mismatch between their biological sex and gender identity. It's sometimes known as gender incongruence. Biological sex is assigned at birth, depending on the appearance of the genitals. The condition of feeling ones emotional and psychological identity to be at variance with ones birth sex. A condition in which someone feels that they were born with the wrong sex. . click here to get much understanding of Gender dysphoria
  • 6. The causes of gender dysphoria Genetics Hormonal during prenatal development Environmental factors
  • 7. Clothing One of the ways in which gender is constructed in Orlando is through clothing. Clothes change our view of the world and the worlds view of us, declares the fictional biographer who narrates the book, and that is certainly the case for Orlando. Clothing by social norms and practices Whether, then, Orlando was most man or woman, the narrator writes It is difficult to say and cannot now be decided.
  • 8. Orlandos clothes - not specifically her body, reflects her gender, Her clothes that make her attractive to the opposite sex As a woman, Orlando dresses up as a man and visits a prostitute named Nell. Nell assumes that Orlando is a man because of the way she dresses, and it is not until Orlando reveals herself as a woman that Nell begins to relax Im by no means sorry to hear it, Nell says of Orlandos revelation, Im not in the mood for the society of the other sex to-night. Indeed, Im in the devil of a fix. Nell accepts Orlando and acts differently based on what gender she believes Orlando to be based on her clothing, which again implies that ones understanding of gender is highly dependent upon social norms.
  • 9. When Orlando first sees Sasha - the Great Frost, her Russian fashion serve to disguise the sex, - Orlando is convinced that Sasha is a man. But as Sasha skates closer and Orlando can make out the shape of her breasts under her masculine tunic, he knows she is a woman. Orlando is only curious about Sasha when he thinks shes a man, but when he finds out shes a woman, he falls madly in love with her. This suggests that peoples view of others, particularly on a romantic or sexual level, are deeply influenced by the social norms of how men and women are expected to present themselves.
  • 10. For the truth is I feel the need of an escapade after these serious poetic experimental booksI want to kick up my heels and be off. I want to embody all those innumerable little ideas and tiny stories which flash into my mind at all seasons (Woolf Diary 104) a biography beginning in the year 1500 and continuing to the present day, called Orlando: Vita; only with a change about from one sex to another (Woolf Diary 114)
  • 12. Work cited : Gender Dysphoria. Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/gender- dysphoria#:~:text=Gender%20dysphoria%28formerly%20known% 20as%20genderidentitydisorder%20in%20the%20fourth,these%20f eelings%20must%20cause%20significant%20distress%20or%20im pairment. Reading and Reassessing the Construction ... - Vassar College. digitalwindow.vassar.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1576&conte xt=senior_capstone.