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[–]GConly 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Blanchard's typologies are holding up.

The heterosexual males doing it do seem to have a sexual motive. I don't think thier offending is much different to standard male, and I think pervert is a harsh term for it. Although I'm sure it's been thrown at them.

The homosexuals.. well I wouldn't say GC labels them as self hating, just really effeminate and tending to confirm to female norms.

Not that I really hold with a lot of what GC thinks as to why people develop gendered behaviour.

[–]luckystar 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Even if it seems true (which intuitively it does to me too), the field doesn't really accept it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchard%27s_transsexualism_typology#Criticism I think it'd be easier to use newer data/terms because it's too easy to find arguments against Blanchard.

If nothing else it's too outdated to account for "trenders" (cringey teens on TikTok)

[–]GConly 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Well, Ann Lawrence really ripped Moser a new one.

You'll also note that it's TIM transactivists who really have an issue with it.

It's been rather supported by fairly recent work.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3180619/

Blanchard’s prediction follows from studies that have repeatedly shown that the homosexual male-to-female transsexuals are “female-shifted” in multiple, sexually dimorphic characteristics, whereas the heterosexual male-to-female transsexuals are not

Someone recently posted a paper that claimed to show AGP wasn't a thing, and it did say that, but when you read the text it noted arousal in the hetero males.

Significantly more exclusively gynephilic than androphilic trans women reported a history of sexual arousal in relation to cross-dressing. Interestingly, a statistically non-significant trend indicated that gynephilic trans women who had not yet undergone gender affirming surgery showed the highest levels of sexual desire

I'm guessing the intact genitalia had to do with the last statement.

[–]FediNetizen 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Not just research, but real-world experience. When I run into someone in the LGBT community and trans topics come up, I send them "The Elephant in the Room" (https://medium.com/@sue.donym1984/the-elephant-in-the-room-dc822144a81b). A lot of them really connect with the article, because they know someone that fits that mold really well.

The same goes for me personally, even though I'm not a part of the alphabet community. I have people in my life where AGP just explains their behavior really well.

Some of Blanchard's pet theories may not hold up, but the basic typology is pretty close to the mark. AGP is totally a thing.

[–]GConly 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have people in my life where AGP

I have a very creepy male relative that's a transvestite dominatrix. Nasty sort (sadistic and manipulative): makes my skin crawl. He keeps a carving knife under his pillow, obvious mental health issues.

He's close to coming out as a TIM, I swear. Also married to a doormat of a woman.

The idea of people like him in changing rooms with young girls scares the shit out of me.