Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Toward a Sociology of Perception Expectations, Selective Attention, and Social Construction Filter Analysis 2 Selective Perception and the Social Construction of Sex Sexpectations and Socio-Mental Control Sex Difference as a Social Filter Perception and the Social Construction of the Body 3 Selective Attention--What We Actually See When We See Sex Transdar and Transition: Transgender "Expert" Knowledge of Sex Cues The Sound of Sex A Sex Cue Can Be Anything (as Long as It Provides Information about Sex) Cognitive Distortions in Seeing Sex Polarization 4 Blind to Sameness Transgender Narratives and the Filter of Transition A Blind Phenomenology of Sexed Bodies Sex Differences in Proportion 5 Seeking Sameness Sex without Polarization Drawing Textbooks: Sameness Despite Polarization Genitals, Gonads, and Genes Sex Sameness as a Rhetorical Strategy Conclusion: Excess, Continua, and the Flexible Mind Emphasizing Excess The Sex/Gender Continuum Cognitive Flexibility Appendix: Methodological Notes Notes Bibliography Index.