This "autogynephilia" is really interesting!
Especially this; "It has been theorized to motivate cross-dressing as a sexual fetish (transvestic fetishism) in biological males and to motivate gender dysphoria in non-homosexual biological males."
And this; "autogynephilia is not an unusual sex interest of trans women, but is a normal characteristic of female sexuality."
I've long thought of transgenderism "generally" in terms of gender dysphoria being distinct from fetishism, where there would be rare overlapping. And imagined a common potentional for a fetish to be mistaken for gender dysphoria. It must still happen, but i'm surprised by the commonality of the overlapping repoted in the article.
I think I can identify myself as an "autogynephiliac", as a coping mechanism to childhood emasculation trauma.
Last edited by wxhluyp; 09-09-2010 at 12:37 PM.
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