Transvestic fetishism

Short description: Psychiatric diagnosis applied to those who are thought to have an excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing

Transvestic fetishism

Specialty| Psychiatry
Symptoms| Excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing

Transvestic fetishism is a psychiatric diagnosis applied to those who are thought to have an excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing; this interest is often expressed in autoerotic behavior. It differs from cross-dressing for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal. Under the name transvestic disorder, it is categorized as a paraphilia in the DSM-5.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Types
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Description

The DSM-5 states that adolescent and adult males with late-onset gender dysphoria "frequently engage in transvestic behavior with sexual excitement."[2] "Habitual fetishistic transvestism developing into autogynephilia" is given as a risk factor for gender dysphoria to develop.

According to DSM-IV, this fetishism was limited to heterosexual men; however, the DSM-5 does not have this restriction, and opens it to women and men with this interest, regardless of their sexual orientation.[3] It is, however, usually documented in males.[4]

There are two key criteria before a psychiatric diagnosis of "transvestic fetishism" is made:[5]

1. Individuals must be sexually aroused by the act of cross-dressing.
2. Individuals must experience significant distress or impairment – socially or occupationally – because of their behavior.

## Types

Some male transvestic fetishists collect women's clothing, e.g. panties, nightgowns, babydolls, bridal gowns, slips, petticoats, brassieres, and other types of nightwear, lingerie, stockings, pantyhose, shoes, and boots, items of a distinct feminine look and feel, especially of silk, satin and lace. They may dress in these feminine garments and take photographs of themselves while living out their fantasies.

* Some men find the sheer fabric of stockings highly erotic

* Transvestic fetishism involving a half slip and stockings

## See also

* Dual-role transvestism
* Feminization
* Hair fetishism
* List of transgender-related topics
* List of paraphilias
* Pinafore eroticism
* Transgender
* Transvestism

## References

Citations

1. ↑ American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. pp. 685–705. ISBN 978-0-89042-555-8. https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/685.
2. ↑ Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fifth ed.). Arlington, VA: American Psychiatric Publishing. 2013. pp. 451–460. ISBN 978-0-89042-554-1. https://archive.org/details/diagnosticstatis0005unse/page/451.
3. ↑ http://www.dsm5.org/Documents/Paraphilic Disorders Fact Sheet.pdf DSM-5 Documents: Paraphilic Disorders Fact Sheet
4. ↑ Shorter Oxford Textbook of Psychiatry. OUP Oxford. 2012. p. 373. ISBN 978-0191626753. https://books.google.com/books?id=Y1DtSGq-LnoC&pg=PA373.
5. ↑ American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Publishing.

Sources

* Laws, Richard D.; O'Donohue, William T., eds (2008). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (2 ed.). New York: Guilford Press. ISBN 978-1-59385-605-2.

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Paraphilias

List

* Abasiophilia
* Acrotomophilia
* Agalmatophilia
* Algolagnia
* Apotemnophilia
* Autassassinophilia
* Biastophilia
* Capnolagnia
* Chremastistophilia
* Chronophilia
* Coprophagia
* Coprophilia
* Crurophilia
* Crush fetish
* Dacryphilia
* Dendrophilia
* Emetophilia
* Eproctophilia
* Erotic asphyxiation
* Erotic hypnosis
* Erotophonophilia
* Exhibitionism
* Formicophilia
* Frotteurism
* Gerontophilia
* Homeovestism
* Hybristophilia
* Infantophilia
* Kleptolagnia
* Klismaphilia
* Lactaphilia
* Macrophilia
* Masochism
* Mechanophilia
* Microphilia
* Narratophilia
* Nasophilia
* Necrophilia
* Object sexuality
* Odaxelagnia
* Olfactophilia
* Omorashi
* Paraphilic infantilism
* Partialism
* Pecattiphilia
* Pedophilia
* Podophilia
* Plushophilia
* Pyrophilia
* Sadism
* Salirophilia
* Scopophilia
* Somnophilia
* Sthenolagnia
* Symphorophilia
* Tamakeri
* Telephone scatologia
* Transvestic fetishism
* Trichophilia
* Troilism
* Urolagnia
* Urophagia
* Vorarephilia
* Voyeurism
* Zoophilia
* Zoosadism

See also

* Other specified paraphilic disorder
* Erotic target location error
* Courtship disorder
* Polymorphous perversity
* Sexual fetishism
* Human sexual activity
* Perversion
* Sexology

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Sexual fetishism

Actions, states|

* Aquaphilia
* Autassassinophilia
* Coprophilia
* Cuckold / Cuckquean
* Emetophilia
* Erotic hypnosis
* Erotic lactation
* Erotic spanking
* Exhibitionism
* Forced seduction
* Gaining and feeding
* Medical fetishism
* Omorashi
* Paraphilic infantilism (adult baby)
* Pregnancy
* Smoking
* Tickling
* Total enclosure
* Transvestic
* Tightlacing
* Tamakeri
* Urolagnia
* Vorarephilia
* Wet and messy fetishism

Body parts|

* Armpit
* Breast
* Belly
* Buttocks
* Eyeball
* Fat
* Feet
* Hands
* Height
* Hair
* Legs
* Navels
* Noses

Clothing|

* Boots
* Ballet boots
* Boot worship
* Thigh-high boots
* Clothing
* Corset
* Diapers
* Gloves
* Pantyhose
* Latex
* Rubber and PVC
* Shoes
* Spandex
* Underwear
* Uniforms

Objects|

* Balloons
* Dolls
* Latex and PVC
* Robots
* Spandex

Controversial/Illegal|

* Lust murder
* Necrophilia
* Rape fantasy
* Zoophilia

Culture / media|

* Artists
* Fetish art
* Fetish clubs
* Fashion
* Magazines
* Models

Race|

* Asian sexual fetishism
* Ethnic pornography
* Sexual racism

Related topics|

* BDSM
* FetLife
* International Fetish Day
* Kink
* Leather subculture
* Leather Pride flag
* Sexual roleplay

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