Transvestic fetishism
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Transvestic fetishism is having a sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing. It differs from cross-dressing for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal and is categorized as a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association. (Sexual arousal in response to donning sex-typical clothing is homeovestism.)
[edit] Description
Transvestic fetishism refers specifically to cross-dressing; sexual arousal in response to individual garments is fetishism.[1] Transvestic fetishism can occur with or without gender dysphoria[1]; that is, there are people who experience sexual arousal with cross-dressing and want to become the other sex, and there are there are people who experience sexual arousal with cross-dressing but do not want to become the other sex.
Some male transvestic fetishists collect women's clothing, e.g. nightgowns, babydolls, slips, and other types of nightwear, lingerie, stockings and pantyhose, items of a distinct feminine look and feel. They may dress in these feminine garments and take photographs of themselves while living out their secret fantasies.
According to the DSM-IV, this fetishism has been described only in men and, more specifically, only in men sexually attracted to women (i.e., otherwise straight or bisexual men).[1]
Married transvestic fetishists will experience considerable anxiety and guilt if their spouse objects to their behaviour. Some have periodically disposed of all their clothing, a practice called "purging", only to start another collection later.[citation needed]
There are two key criteria before a psychiatric diagnosis of "transvestic fetishism" is made:[1]
- Recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, urges, or behaviour, involving cross-dressing.
- This causes clinically significant distress or impairment, whether socially, at work, or elsewhere.
Thus, transvestic fetishism is not diagnosed unless it causes significant problems for the person concerned.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: Author.
[edit] See also
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||
