Discussion:
Rigid extremes of gender behavior
Homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder until 1973. Now, it is seen as a normal variant of sexual behavior. Today, another diagnosis called gender identity disorder (GID) is undergoing a similar debate. Present the diagnostic criteria of GID to your class, and ask them to consider the role of cultural and historical relativism in understanding this diagnosis. Should this diagnosis be removed from the DSM.as it was in the case of homosexuality or should it remain in the DSM as a mental disorder?