The narratives provide empirical evidence forBlanchard's theory ofMtF transsexual motivation, and thus are of interest to researchers and theorists studying the phenomenologyof MtF transsexualism. These narratives about autogynephilia by autogynephilicmale-to-female (MtF)transsexualsprovide the first comprehensive documentation of the erotic ideation that underlies the most common form of MtF transsexualism. Through a collection and discussion of vivid first-person narratives, the book provides an in-depth examination of these men's unusual propensity to be sexually aroused by the thought of themselves as women and how these men's sexual feelings influence their decisions to seek or undergo sex reassignment. The book addresses a fascinating and largely unexplored topic within the study of transsexualism: The feelings and desires of conventionally masculine men who are attracted to women yet want to become women themselves. Upending normative notions of gender, eroticism, and identity, it poses significant scientific and clinical challenges. There are few topics in sex research as compelling and confounding to researchers, clinicians, and the general public as that of transsexualism.
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