お花はんさんの おぼえた日記 - 2023年8月16日(水)

The term autogynephilia (auto for self, gyne
for female, philia for desire, often shortened
AGP) refers to a psychological condition in
which a man (usually heterosexual) derives
sexual or even "romantic" pleasure from the
fantasy of being female. The term was coined
by psychologist Ray Blanchard after working
with and studying many transsexual patients.
While not being the only reason for wanting to
become a male-to-female (MtF) transsexual or
claiming to "identify as a woman," autogynephilia
seems to be exhibited by a great deal of transwomen.
According to a 2015 survey of roughly 3000 American
transwomen, at least 60% stated attraction to women,
meaning they are heterosexual males.
According to Ray Blanchard's studies, this would put
them in the autogynephilic category, as homosexual
transsexuals (HSTS) generally don't exhibit AGP.
Feminists are often critical of men openly exhibiting
AGP and find them offensive, especially if they claim
to be women, since their fantasy of being female
usually seems to be based on highly sexist, objectifying,
and reductive notions of womanhood.
Transgender activists claim that the concept is
a transphobic myth, as it asserts that non-homosexual
transsexuals are essentially under the effect of a
paraphilia, or more bluntly a sexual fetish.
They insist on the monolithic "female gender identity"
theory to explain all MtF transsexualism and transgender
identification, seeing woman-attracted transwomen
as "trans lesbians" who should be accepted as being
just like any other lesbian woman.
The phenomenon of AGP can be observed easily on
the internet by searching for web forums dedicated
to the paraphilia. Searching for terms like "sissy fetish
forum" quickly turns up whole internet communities
for AGP and similar fetishes, where some of these
communities have an explicit focus on transgender
topics, or sub-sections dedicated to members who
desire to transition,