27-09-2011, 04:43 PM
I knew I could depend on you Isabelle! What a gal!
Reading up on the article linked I followed a reference to another article and found this
"Blanchard's Autogynephilia Theory suggests that the association between sexual orientation and autogynephilia among male-to-female transsexuals is clinically important and the association is always (or almost always) present. Although the theory has been criticized by clinicians, researchers, and transsexuals themselves, it has not been critiqued in a peer-reviewed article previously. "
The bolding is mine. The article is at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00918369.2010.486241
There are a number of interesting statements in the Wikipedia article including "Blanchard's statement, "All gender dysphoric biological males who are not homosexual ... are instead autogynephilic ..." is contrary to Blanchard's own data; examples include Blanchard (1993), Blanchard (1985), Bentler (1976), Leavitt and Berger (1990), Lawrence (2005), and others.". Not peer-reviewed? Self-contradictory? Not good.
I have a LOT of reading to do.
Beverley.
Reading up on the article linked I followed a reference to another article and found this
"Blanchard's Autogynephilia Theory suggests that the association between sexual orientation and autogynephilia among male-to-female transsexuals is clinically important and the association is always (or almost always) present. Although the theory has been criticized by clinicians, researchers, and transsexuals themselves, it has not been critiqued in a peer-reviewed article previously. "
The bolding is mine. The article is at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00918369.2010.486241
There are a number of interesting statements in the Wikipedia article including "Blanchard's statement, "All gender dysphoric biological males who are not homosexual ... are instead autogynephilic ..." is contrary to Blanchard's own data; examples include Blanchard (1993), Blanchard (1985), Bentler (1976), Leavitt and Berger (1990), Lawrence (2005), and others.". Not peer-reviewed? Self-contradictory? Not good.
I have a LOT of reading to do.
Beverley.