autogynephilia, transvestic fetishism

• Desiree from my support group suggests that this is just about women finally feeling sexy for the first time in their lives
  • indeed, this page lays it out quite clearly: The term "autogynephilia" suggests that the only true transexuals are the sexless ones. If that's true, then they're not human.
  • 93% OF CIS-WOMEN ARE AUTOGYNEPHILICS
• very interesting poll
• entire websites (or sections of websites) devoted to autogynephilia
  • Anne Lawrence's website (note: many other trans people have SERIOUS issues with Anne)
  • autogynephiliac.blogspot.com
• wikipedia
  • autogynephilia
  • transvestic fetishism
  • Benjamin scale — though outdated, it tries to classify erotic motivations as separate
• lots of articles that discourage the use of the new term "transvestic disorder" in the DSM-V
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• articles on sympathetic sites
  • a tongue-in-cheek way to demonize transgender people in other ways
  • see the "'Autogynephilia' and sexual taxonomies" section
  • autogynephilia [tsroadmap.com]
• interesting discussions
  • the problem with autogynephilia is that it reverses cause and effect (symptom)