Definitions
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- adjective Relating to
transvestism .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex
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Examples
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Today, heterosexual men can be diagnosed with a supposed disorder called "transvestic fetishism" if they meet only two criteria: they have sexual fantasies about cross-dressing, and those fantasies cause "impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas."
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Transsexuals, meanwhile, want the diagnoses of "gender identity disorder" and "transvestic fetishism" that the new DSM is expected to promulgate changed to be more respectful and less judgmental.
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The International Foundation for Gender Education, meanwhile, put up an online petition lobbying for the removal of transvestic disorder, which they argue stigmatizes cross-dressing and pathologizes variant gender expression.
Livescience.com 2010
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Today, heterosexual men can be diagnosed with a supposed disorder called "transvestic fetishism" if they meet only two criteria: they have sexual fantasies about cross-dressing, and those fantasies cause "impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas."
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The International Foundation for Gender Education, meanwhile, put up an online petition lobbying for the removal of transvestic disorder, which they argue stigmatizes cross-dressing and pathologizes variant gender expression.
Livescience.com 2010
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Mikalchus also posited that O’Donnabhain’s therapists misdiagnosed her and that she may suffer from transvestic fetishism, a disorder in which men are sexually aroused by dressing in women’s clothes.
In a Universe Next Door ... #2 Zoe Brain 2007
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Brown countered by saying, “People who are transvestic fetishists don’t want their penises cut off … It’s very important to them.”
In a Universe Next Door ... #2 Zoe Brain 2007
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Brown countered by saying, “People who are transvestic fetishists don’t want their penises cut off … It’s very important to them.”
Archive 2007-07-01 Zoe Brain 2007
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Mikalchus also posited that O’Donnabhain’s therapists misdiagnosed her and that she may suffer from transvestic fetishism, a disorder in which men are sexually aroused by dressing in women’s clothes.
Archive 2007-07-01 Zoe Brain 2007
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"transvestic fetishism" would become "transvestic disorder," although the diagnostic criteria themselves would not change: the
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