PSYB32H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Flunitrazepam, Human Sexual Response Cycle, Vaginismus
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Gender identity disorder (gid) or transsexualism: feel deep within themselves, usually from early childhood, that they are the opposite sex. Dressing in opposite-sex clothes, preferring opposite-sex playmates . Gid is usually recognized when the child is between 2 and 4 years old. 6. 6x more likely in boys than girls. Children of mothers who have taken sex hormones during pregnancy frequently behave like members of the opposite sex and have anatomical abnormalities. Parents who encouraged it (unknowingly) dressed up little boys in dresses because it was cute. Some only choose to have cosmetic surgery (male to female- remove facial hair, reduce size of chin and adams apple) Take hormones to bring their bodies physically closer to their beliefs about the gender. Sex-reassignment surgery: existing genitalia are altered to make them more like those of the opposite sex. Each year in usa, more than 1000 transsexuals are surgically altered to the opposite sex.
