The Little Case Study that ->-bleeped-<- Forgot
01Mar10
Posted by Mercedes at 8:21 PM
http://transgroupblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/little-case-study-that- ->-bleeped-<-.html or
http://dentedbluemercedes.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/the-little-case-study-that- ->-bleeped-<--forgot/#more-513(a discussion specific to Dr. Ray Blanchard's model of ->-bleeped-<-, and not so much to people who identify as autogynephile because they feel it's a close representation to their identity. This is a draft response to the proposed DSM5 changes, in this case specifically to the diagnosis of Transvestic Fetish / Disorder, which I see as the most urgent part to address from the trans side of things)
Everyone has a sexual identity, some mental image of themselves, to take their place in their fantasies. That sexual self-identity might be more buff or more sultry, might be more muscled or more busty... they never seem to conform to our physical reality. It's just a diversion, after all. There's no shame in it. Unless you have a male body and are picturing yourself as female – then, you're considered mentally ill. The sexual arousal of a male who pictures himself as a woman is increasingly being labeled " ->-bleeped-<-," and as of 2010, is proposed to be written into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) as one of two subcategories of Transvestic Fetish (TF, to be renamed "Transvestic Disorder").
