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Transvestism. A Handbook with Case Studies for by Harry Brierley

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Postal enquiries were m a d e o f 1 3 0 0 p r e s u m e d transvestites who subscribed t o a m a g a z i n e called Transvestia. Five h u n d r e d a n d four replies were o b t a i n e d , a p p r o x i m a t e l y 40%, which is a relatively g o o d return for a p o s t a l survey a l t h o u g h b y n o m e a n s convincingly representative. Transvestia is n o t a p o r n o g r a p h i c m a g a z i n e b u t deals m o s t l y with advice to transvestites together with a c c o u n t s o f social activities organised b y transvestites, etc.

1. Cattell 16PF profile. T w e n t y - t w o transvestites as h o m o s e x u a l s frequently s u s p e c t . S u c h differences m a y well underlie personality profiles in p a t i e n t g r o u p s which suggest t h a t h o m o s e x u a l s have m o r e serious p r o b l e m s a n d are m o r e sharply differentiated f r o m non-patient g r o u p s . T h e transvestites are m o r e characterised b y their obsessional traits a n d feelings o f guilt than in a n y other w a y . T h e p o s i t i o n then seems t o b e t h a t n o t only d o non-clinical g r o u p s of transvestites fail to s h o w the pathological features r e p o r t e d in clinical s t u d i e s , usually o f individual cases, b u t the transvestite in the n o r m a l p o p u l a t i o n a p p e a r s t o b e n o r m a l l y free o f psychiatric p a t h o l o g y .

Certainly transsexuals present themselves as essentially a n d f u n d a m e n t a l l y feminine, despite specific evidence o f very masculine roles in the male existence o f s o m e specific cases. Moreover, there is a certain a n t a g o n i s m b e t w e e n s o m e transsexuals a n d transvestites in which the f o r m e r scorn the latter as being essentially masculine a n d n o t possessing a true conviction o f femininity. T h e differences in the p e r s o n a l i t y profiles of transvestites and n o r m a l males a n d females has already b e e n m e n t i o n e d .

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