In this article, we investigate the degree to which prison shapes transgender women’s perceptions of themselves as gendered people in prisons for men. Drawing on original data collected from 315 transgender women in 27 prisons for men in California, a mixed-methods analysis reveals that transgender women in prisons for men report higher levels of self-perceptions of femininity while incarcerated, especially for those who report sexual victimization by other prisoners. The implications of these and other findings are discussed in light of recent calls for more theory and research on femininities as well as the policies and practices that undergird prisons as one of the most sex-segregated institutions.

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男性监狱中跨性别女性的女性化：监狱作为一个整体机构如何塑造性别

在这篇文章中，我们调查了监狱在多大程度上塑造了跨性别女性将自己视为男性监狱中的性别人士的看法。根据从加利福尼亚州 27 所男性监狱中的 315 名跨性别女性收集的原始数据，一项混合方法分析显示，男性监狱中的跨性别女性在被监禁期间对女性气质的自我认知水平更高，特别是对于那些报告性受害的人其他囚犯。鉴于最近呼吁对女性气质以及支持监狱作为最性别隔离机构之一的政策和实践进行更多理论和研究，讨论了这些和其他发现的影响。