PSYB32H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Hysterectomy, Gender Dysphoria, James Cantor
3 Oct 2012
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Transsexuals are a very complicated group; more than one type of transsexuality. Hetero-/homosexuality: erotic attraction to one"s oppose/same biological (born) sex. Gender dysphoria: discontent with one"s born sex, desire to possess body of, to be regarded as other sex. Transsexualism: extreme gender dysphoria, persisting without fluctuation for >1-2 years. Cross-dressing: in males, recurrent and persistent adornment of female-typical clothing, make- up, etc. Fetishistic transvestism: cross-dressing, accompanied by sexual arousal (at least beginning in adolescence) The plum pudding model of sexual orientation and gender identity. Gynandromorphism: attracted to a she-male"; sexual orientation is neither straight, nor gay, nor bisexual. Female-to-male (ftm) transsexuals- think of themselves as a man. Ftm and mtf both usually feel that puberty is the worst time of their lives because they realize they are moving in the wrong direction; late teens and early 20s when they start to visit clinics.
