@realVioletBloom@BMcranty I do wonder how we would consider homosexuality if scientists had never discovered or invented antiretrovirals to treat HIV. It would be a sexuality that results in harm to the individual and others around them via the spread of HIV, because anal sex is inherently higher risk.
@SaraBradleyCook @BlanchardPhD Cis women and autogynephiles have some similarities and differences in sexuality which surface depending on how questions are asked. Moser (2009) is an example of the former, and Hsu, Bailey (2022) is an example of the latter.
@SaraBradleyCook @BlanchardPhD I max out the core autogynephilia scale.
If I had the female body that I desire I would find it extremely arousing. It is auto-eroticism and not about attracting a mate, although having sex with a man as a woman would be delightful, because he would make me feel like a woman.
@Hypedup0ncoffee @jennied5588@SwipeWright Unfortunately, the only evidence I have is anecdotal.
A friend of mine neither masturbated or watched porn until their 20s, and they were autogynephillic before they did for the first time.
@gailfinke@SwipeWright Autogynephilia is generally a major driver of gender dysphoria.
Whilst autogynephilia can emerge before puberty and some of us transition in our teens, Colin is (w)right that children as young as 2 and 3 aren't dysphoric autogynephiles.
@gailfinke@SwipeWright Why do people who don't get gender dysphoria, or don't understand gender dysphoria, drown out people who do? Why doesn't @SwipeWright talk about the actual causes of gender dysphoria?
@gailfinke@SwipeWright It can be considered a disorder, as sexuality is not functioning normally, which results in distress to the individual. However, it IS an unusual sexuality.
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https://t.co/ciXd1XBVcN (Episode 46)
@AntiPhonie @BlanchardPhD Autogynephilia is used as a slur far more commonly than autistic is. Additionally, the realities of autogynephillic gender dysphoria are obscured as a result. This is not true for autism.