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[–]DistantGlimmer[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm curious what role you think autogynephilia may serve evolutionarily? HSTS gay men being more GNC/feminine naturally makes sense and I guess the same for butch lesbians who end up transitioning.

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I'm curious what role you think autogynephilia may serve evolutionarily?

I don't think it has to serve a role evolutionarily for someone to be born with a predisposition for it just as there are there are mental illnesses that are genetic. I am homosexual and I am uncertain if homosexuality serves a role evolutionary too. I think some are born with a predisposition toward autogynephilia/autoandrophilia as some had their autogynephilia/autoandrophilia starting very early.

I think autogynephilia/autoandrophilia is a form of a partially inverted sexual orientation, making them want to be what they love. That would make sense of those with a prepuberty onset of autogynephilia/autoandrophilia, it wouldn't be purely sexual, it would have emotional aspects too. It would parallel to how most people with a sexual orientation don't only experience sexual attractions, most have romantic attractions too, and the onset of these attractions can precede puberty.