Autogynephilia Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The behavioral model of autogynephilia was first proposed in 1989 by Ray Blanchard, as an attempt to explain transsexual women who are sexually attracted to women. The theory claims that gender dysphoric males who are not sexually oriented toward men are instead sexually oriented toward the thought or image of themselves as women. Blanchard argues that in these cases gender dysphoria has its origins in this sexual orientation.

This theory is highly controversial, and a great many people reject it. Blanchard's theory has been questioned on the grounds that it does not account for the behavior and self-identification of a great many transsexuals, who are presumed under the theory to be mistaken about themselves. Some suggest that, since correlations do not establish causality, Blanchard may be mistaking a symptom of gender dysphoria for its primary cause. A lack of control groups in Blanchard's work lead some to wonder how different bisexual and lesbian transsexual women are from other women. Most of Blanchard's work on gender dysphoria focuses on what he calls "autogynephilic transsexuals." This leads some to wonder how his theory might account for transsexual men and male-to-female transsexuals exclusively attracted to men.

Less controversial than Blanchard's theory is the recognition that some people sometimes have sexual fantasies about being the other sex. These people may or may not also be transgendered. When viewed as a psychopathology, these fantasies may be thought of as a type of sexual fetish. The pathologization of socially unacceptable erotic interests has a long history, and recent clinical diagnoses such as "ego-dystonic homosexuality" and "nymphomania" have fallen into disrepute. Many expect "autogynephilia" will be similarly discredited as a diagnosis in time.

References

• Blanchard, R. (1989). The Concept of Autogynephilia and the Typology of Male Gender Dysphoria. The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 177(10), 616-623, from Psychology of Gender Identity & Transgenderism
• Blanchard, R. (1989). The Classification and Labeling of Non-homosexual Gender Dysphorias, Archives of Sexual Behavior, 18(4), 315-334.
• Blanchard, R. (2004). The Origins of the Concept of Autogynephilia, from The Autogynephilia Resource
• Wyndzen, M. H. (2003). Autogynephilia & Ray Blanchard’s Mis-Directed Sex-Drive Model of Transsexuality, from Psychology of Gender Identity & Transgenderism

External links

• Bland, J. (2003). Bailey, Blanchard, Lawrence, and the fallacy of autogynephilia
• James, A.J. (2004). "Autogynephilia": A disputed diagnosis, from Transsexual Road Map
• Lawrence, A.A. (2000). A New Introduction to Autogynephilia, from Transsexual Women's Resources
• Wilson, K.K. (2000). Autogynephilia: New Medical Thinking or Old Stereotype? from GIDreform.org
• Wyndzen, M.H. (2004). Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Autogynephilia (but Were Afraid You had to Ask), from Psychology of Gender Identity & Transgenderism

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