Penis as On/Off Switch

[Amy]

It's a basic problem of Autogynephilia. And well documented. It's one of the factors involved in the doctors assessing you before supporting your transitioning.

[wxhluyp]

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.