PSYC 3604 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Cross-Dressing, Exhibitionism, Psychoeducation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 3604
• Professor: Chris Motz

Document Summary

Goals for today"s class : gender dysphoria, sexual disorders. Gender dysphoria: gender dysphoria (previously gender identity disorder) Characterized by strong and persistent cross-gender identification accompanied by persistent discomfort with one"s assigned gender. Gender identity an individual"s self-perception as male or female, or some category other. Gender dysphoria the distress that may accompany the incongruence between one"s experience/expressed gender and one"s assigned gender. Not all individuals will experience distress. than male or female. The focus is on the distress, not the identity. Gender dysphoria: essential feature is a strong feeling of incongruence between the assigned gender and their experienced/expressed gender. In adults or adolescents, the incongruence between assigned gender and experienced/expressed gender manifested by at least two of the following: In children, the incongruence between assigned gender and experienced/expressed gender manifested by at least six of the following: Strong desire to be, and/or insistence that they are, the other gender.