The difference between transvestic fetishism and the other commonly used terms for people who dress or prefer the opposite gender traits?
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
• Transsexual - person who is dissatisfied with her/his biological sex and who wishes to live permanently as be perceived by others as a person of the opposite sex
• Transgendered - person who is satisfied with his or her biological sex but some or all of the time prefers to occupy social roles and behavioral traits/dress of the other gender
• Androgynous - person whose biological sex and gender role ego-syntonic (same; ok with them), but who derive social/psychological satisfaction from some degree of cross-gender expression
• Gender mimic - person whose biological sex and gender are ego-syntonic, but who mimics or spoofs opposite sex for entertainment or occupation (often referred to as transvestites) or to just express themselves (not for sexual arousal or to be seen as opposite sex)
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