The Last Time I Wore a Dress

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Summary: Memoir of Denial
Review: Scholinski attempts to attack the mental health field in her memoir "The Last Time I Wore a Dress." She asserts that she was held through her teenage years because she was not feminine enough in the eyes of idiot doctors. However, I found little evidence of her tomboy nature contributing to her hospitalization. Scholinski never considers the consequences of her actions, she is dishonest, histrionic, and self-absorbed. It is a lack of maturity, not femininity that causes Scholinski's downfall. Amazingly, Scholinski never sees her actions as having anything to do with the state of her existence. This short, simple, and repetitive novel is a memoir of denial.

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Summary: A very important novel
Review: The fighto to take homosexuality out of the DSM happended in the seventies. Gender Identity Disorder remains in it. The DSM states that sexual orientation is not even a marker for GID. Yet from reading books like these and even my own abnormal pscyh textbook, I learn that the psychological community is still preoccuppied with the concept of homosexuality and how to "fix" it. The homophobia and transphobia of the psychological community disgusts me. It is so important that books like this be written so that the general public understands that despite its claims to be on top of things pschology can be a remarkably archaic subject. It is also import that books like this be written to point out that it is inane, dangerous, and ignorant that a condition exists in which not fitting into rigid gender roles or being attracted to anyone but the opposite sex can be the criteria for slapping a mental disorder on someone. If my parents hadn't been accepting of my own tomboyishness, I could have been Daphne or anyone of hundreds of other kids subject to terrible treatments for their identity disorders. Thank you for writing this book Daphne. You voice needs to be heard.