A paraphilic disorder, also known as having atypical sexual desires, is transvestic disorder. The essential feature of transvestic fetishism is recurrent intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving dressing in clothing associated with the opposite sex. Another term for transvestic fetishism is cross-dressing. A diagnosis of transvestic fetishism is made only if an individual has acted on these urges or is evidently distressed by them. In other systems of psychiatric classification, transvestic fetishism can also be considered a sexual deviation. Its prevalence is almost exclusively among males, and is usually never diagnosed to females. This disorder is considered extremely rare, reporting less than 3% of males saying they have sexual arousal through cross-dressing. …show more content…
There are many different reasons a person may have transvestic fetishism, but usually the cause for this disorders begins in early childhood. For example, a young boy may dress up in women’s clothing, and may continue doing it because it’s enjoyable, but the reasons for this enjoyment remain unconscious. If the habit continues into adulthood, it most often leads to transvestic fetishism. Since every individual is different there are many different reasons why a person may or may not choose to cross-dress. And since cross-dressing causes no harm to the individual or anyone else, it is becoming more socially acceptable in today’s
...s gone through. At times I cried knowing that maybe there is more to this transgender group of people. There are over 700,000 people going through transgender. One doctor said that sexual desire is who you go to bed with and gender is who you go to bed as. Transgender doesn’t mean that they are wanting to be with the opposite sex. There are some that go either way.
The knowledge of the dress code makes transgender people to wear boy or girl clothes. Parents in some cases may allow a certain behavior from their kids as a prize for achievement of high grades. The use of the knowledge may come with many rewards. In the article Why transgender teen Jazz Jennings is everywhere
Cannibalism as a Sexual Disorder Cannibalism occurs prevalently in both Tarzan and Heart of Darkness, and is a controversial topic with which the public is largely unfamiliar. Although cannibalism is generally thought of in a primitive animal sense, experts have revealed that cannibalism can be identified as a sexual disorder (O’Connor). A cannibal is scientifically classified as an anthropophagus (“Anthropophagus”), which falls under the category of Anthropophagy. Anthropophagy by definition is the sexual gratification caused by consumption of human flesh or blood. Although rather disturbing, sexual cannibalism is now accepted as the more common variety of cannibalism (O’Connor).
In today's world there are many different sexual identities a person can adhere to, instead of just being heterosexual or homosexual. What a sexual identity is, is how one refers to think of oneself in terms of whom one is romantically or sexually attracted to. A type of sexual identity is when a person both male or female feel like they are inside the wrong body and they wish to have a sex change. Individuals who identify themselves as transgender aren’t usually adults, in some cases it is children who go through the stages of feeling out of place with there bodies and wish to change it. Some people in today's society would find it very odd that children would wish to be in a different body, in order to understand why this is happening you would have to know what exactly is transgender and transsexual, what causes transgenderism, and the early signs of transgenderism. This phenomenon has been around for a very long time and due to the fact that there is a large misunderstanding there is much confusion when faced with it. In order for one to understand how children become transgender or transsexual one must know what transgender and transsexual mean, what causes transgenderism, and the early signs of it and be mentally prepared for what is to come. Most of the responsibility in understanding transgender children falls on the parents of transgender children.
The first introduction of gender related disorders was in 1980 in the DSM-III, divided into two categories, transsexualism and gender identity disorder of childhood (Kamens, 2011). The later diagnosed as a child having a “strongly and persistently stated desire” or “insistence” that one was the opposite sex (Zucker, 2009; American Psychiatric Association, 1980). Revised categories in the DSM-III-R (1987) included: gender identity disorder of adolescence and adulthood nontranssexual (GIDAANT), and not otherwise specified (GI...
In William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, women are oversexualized, and are given no role other than to be the item of a man’s desire. The promiscuity of the only two women in the play, Gertrude and Ophelia, detracts from their power and integrity, and allows Hamlet a certain amount of control over them. Gertrude’s sexual lifestyle is often mentioned by her son, Hamlet, and Hamlet uses his knowledge of Gertrude’s sexuality as a means to criticize her. Ophelia’s sexuality initially appears to be controlled by Laertes and Polonius, and Hamlet takes advantage of the naive image that she is required to keep. However, in her later madness, Ophelia taints this image by revealing that her innocence is feigned. By exposing the sexual natures of both Gertrude and Ophelia, Hamlet strips these women of any influence they may have had, and damages their once-honourable names.
Now, the big question is, why do people develop fetishes? In psychology, it’s said to believe that it’s a learned association, in which people have learned an association between a certain object and sexual pleasure. Here is an example of a learned association from my experience. At about the age of five, my brother has always had a fascination with feet. At first we did not think much of it but now at twenty he continues to have the same fascination. The only reason we know this is because we accidently came across conversations between him and the opposite sex, basically having internet sex associating the conversation with feet. Now, it’s not terrible of my brother to have this fascination with this particular fetish but there are some people that still don’t fully understand it, which in my opinion make it difficult for my brother to engage in a normal
According to Davis, who said that “…there were an increasing number of men who lived as women during the nineteenth century and were only discovered to be men when they died” (pg. 228), there were many people who cross-dressed in public. Transgender people back then were hard to detect in that time due to the fact that they lumped them in together with the homosexual men but there are a few cases of transgender people being known such as a case Davis described of the “French hermaphrodite Herculine Barbin, who committed suicide after being forced to abandon a female identity and assume a male identity” She was of a gender she did not like and viewed herself as a woman and when they forced her to be a man she killed
Looking at the Functionalist perspective it is perceived that the transgender community goes against society’s traditional concept of sex and gender. Transgender gender-nonconforming individuals face many obstacles in a society that is unforgiving of any individual who does not fit into the “appropriate” expectations or behaviors of gender identity or a gender binary system. The rules of behavior in our society that are considered “appropriate” for women or men inhibit us all. This is the social construction of gender roles, patterns of socially defined behaviors and expectations that are associated with the female and male; men have to dress, act, and speak in a hard, masculine way, while women are to be feminine and soft. There’s not much room for individuality there and for some of us, this is a little more challenging. There seem to be some misconceptions about gender and sex, I believe it is much more complex than we came to
It is important to understand the difference between gender and sex. The English language defines “sex” by using the anatomy that an individual is born with. In other words, the reproductive organs that makes someone female or male. “Sex” also includes the chromosomes that someone obtains to make them male or female, the different gonads, sex hormones and the inner and outer genitalia. When defining gender dysphoria and its connection to sex. Within the gender dysphoria disorder, which is a sex disorder, there are other developments that affect the normal and natural indications of each sex assignments. The use of “cross-sex” hormones, are very popular when someone is trying to masculinize or feminize the individuals original gender.
The diagnosis found in the movie transamerica is the disorder of gender dysphoria. The criteria for this disorder is found in the DSM-5 book of psychological disorders, and will be explained in this paragraph. Within the charachteristics of a gender dyaphoric person are: When an individual has a noticeable conflict between his or her experience or expressed gender and essential or trivial sex qualities, or both. For instance, an example of this criterion is seen in minute #3 of the movie “Transamerica”; when “Bri”, the transexual-principal character of the movie expresses her doctor that her penis disgusts her. Also, if a person has a tenacoius longing to be free from his or her primary or secondary sex characteristics, due to a marked incongruence
The term “fetishism” first came to light in 1887. Psychologist Alfred Binet first presented the terminology to explain those that feel sexually attracted to inanimate objects. As the years passed, other psychologists such as Richard von Krafft-Ebing and Sigmund Freud made adjustments to the word until it encompassed all overwhelming urges to use an object or part of the body that is normally considered nonsexual to reach sexual fulfillment. (Sexual Fetishism, 2003, Metacalf, Luke, Nationmaster.com) Until the time of the sexual revolution, fetishes where thought of as abnormal or deviant behaviors and mental illnesses. However, in more recent years the more acceptable “paraphilia” has been used to label those who have peculiar sexual desires. (Crooks & Baur, (2013). Our Sexuality (12 Edition) Page 488)
A man with a transvestic fetish will often masturbate while dressed in women's clothes and will fantasize about other men being attracted to him while he is dressed in those clothes. In a very limited number of cases, homosexuals may cross-dress to attract other men, but the homosexuals do not gain sexual pleasure from the cross-dressing and are therefore not diagnosed as having a transvestic fetishism.
Understanding the Psychology of Foot Fetishism Sex is one of the most natural things in the world, considering that it's part of a biological process. But as what sex educator and relationship expert Dr. Yvonne Fulbright said, it is one topic that remains taboo to this day. Sex isn't something anyone discusses in the open. So imagine the struggle of people with fetishes to discuss their needs, and find answers to questions or clarification to the confusing feelings they're experiencing. How would you know if your obsession with a foot is normal or abnormal if you can't talk about it?
Nowadays, there are lot of unexpected changes are coming in our lives every day which are challenging to our society. Gender issue is one of the hot topics among new changes. Transsexuality is a critical part of this gender issue. After reading the article “Night to his day” by Judith Lorber, I found a clarification regarding the social construction of gender. While looking for some facts about transgender, I have also found a lot of articles with different point of views from researchers, scientists and individuals who has transformed from their origin to transgender men/women. Now I am going to describe why some men and women want to change their gender, what are the impacts on individuals and in the society?