PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Anorgasmia, Prostaglandin E1, California Psychological Inventory
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Chapter 14: sexual and gender identity disorders: sexual and gender identity disorder: full range of human sexual thoughts, feelings and actions that are generally regarded as abnormal and dysfunctional. Gender identity disorder: gender identity: our sense of ourselves as male or female. Page 1: environment may play a huge factor as well (male patients report having distant relationships with their fathers; females often report history of physical/sexual abuse) Therapies for gender identity disorder: there are 2 main types one attempts to alter the body to suit the person"s psychology the other is designed to alter the psychology to match the person"s body. Transvestic fetishism: transvestic fetishism: or transvestism; when a man is sexually aroused by dressing in women"s clothing, although he still regards himself as a man, varies from wearing women"s underwear under clothes to full cross- dressing. Impersonators are not considered transvestic unless the cross-dressing is associated with sexual arousal.
