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Autogenderphilia Is Common and Not Especially Related to Transgender

Published: Feb. 12, 2020, 6:44 p.m.

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https://slatestarcodex.com/2020/02/10/autogenderphilia-is-common-and-not-especially-related-to-transgender/

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\\u201cAutogynephilia\\u201d means becoming aroused by imagining yourself as a woman. \\u201cAutoandrophilia\\u201d means becoming aroused by imagining yourself as a man. There\\u2019s no term that describes both, but we need one, so let\\u2019s say autogenderphilia.

These conditions are famous mostly because a few sexologists, especially Ray Blanchard and Michael Bailey, speculate that they are the most common cause of transgender. They point to studies showing most trans women endorse autogynephilia. Most trans people disagree with this theory, sometimes very strongly, and accuse it of reducing transgender to a fetish.

Without wading into the moral issues around it, I thought it would be interesting to get data from the SSC survey. The following comes partly from my own analyses and partly from wulfrickson\\u2019s\\xa0look at the public survey data\\xa0on r/TheMotte.

The survey asked the following questions:

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