PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Transvestic Fetishism, Cross-Dressing, Sexual Identity
28 Nov 2013
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Sexual and gender identity disorder: full range of human sexual thoughts, feelings and actions that are generally regarded as abnormal and dysfunctional. Sexual identity: our sense of ourselves as male or female. Sexual orientation: our preference for the sex of a partner. Gender idenity disorder/ tansexxualism: they feel deep within themselves (usually from early childhood) that they are of the opposite sex. They have an aversion to same sex clothing and activities. The growth of their anatomical features does not persuade them that they are what others see them to be. Dress for sexual pleasure but do not identify themselves as of opposite sex (gidnos) They may want to pass as a member of the opposite sex or even have surgery. Majority of gid patients are diagnosed as gidnos. Gid is different from gidnos (gender identity disorder not otherwise specified) since that involves symptoms that meet. Gid but there are some symptoms that do not.
