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Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

Somewhere in Between and Nowhere to Be Seen: A Look into the Asian American Transracial Adoptee Experience through Educational Programming

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2023-April-24
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Throughout the 1990s-2000s, the number of international adoptions into the United States increased drastically, reaching a little over 20,000 international adoptions in 2002 with 25% being from China and 9% from South Korea (PRB, 2003). As these adoptees begin to...

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Transgender Gynecology: The Construction of Medical Knowledge and Health Social Movements as Catalysts for Change

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2023-April-21
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This thesis examines the current state of routine transgender gynecologic care, highlighting patient discomfort and distrust of healthcare providers, particularly during the gynecological exam. I discuss how the construction of medical knowledge, including the makeup of the medical field, sources...

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