Autogynephilia: A scientific review, feminist analysis, and alternative 'embodiment fantasies' model. Issue 4 (July 2020)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Autogynephilia: A scientific review, feminist analysis, and alternative 'embodiment fantasies' model. Issue 4 (July 2020)
- Main Title:
- Autogynephilia: A scientific review, feminist analysis, and alternative 'embodiment fantasies' model
- Authors:
- Serano, Julia
- Other Names:
- Vincent Ben guest-editor.
Erikainen Sonja guest-editor.
Pearce Ruth guest-editor. - Abstract:
- It is generally accepted within psychology and among trans health providers that transgender people who transition do so because they have a gender identity that is incongruent with their birth-assigned sex, and distinct from their sexual orientation. In contradiction to this standard model, the theory of autogynephilia posits that transgender women's female gender identities and transitions are merely a by-product of their sexual orientations. While subsequent research has yielded numerous lines of evidence that, taken together, disprove the theory, autogynephilia is still often touted by anti-transgender groups, including trans-exclusionary feminists. Here, I provide an updated overview of the scientific case against autogynephilia. Following that, I will forward an alternative 'embodiment fantasies' model that explains all the available findings better than autogynephilia theory, and which is more consistent with contemporary thinking regarding gender and sexual diversity. I will also demonstrate how autogynephilia theory relies on essentialist, heteronormative, and male-centric presumptions about women and LGBTQ+ people, and as such, it is inconsistent with basic tenets of feminism.
- Is Part Of:
- Sociological review. Volume 68:Issue 4(2020)
- Journal:
- Sociological review
- Issue:
- Volume 68:Issue 4(2020)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 68, Issue 4 (2020)
- Year:
- 2020
- Volume:
- 68
- Issue:
- 4
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2020-0068-0004-0000
- Page Start:
- 763
- Page End:
- 778
- Publication Date:
- 2020-07
- Subjects:
- autoandrophilia -- autogynephilia -- sexual fantasies -- transgender -- transsexual
Sociology -- Periodicals
301 - Journal URLs:
- http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/rd.asp?goto=journal&code=sore ↗
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/ ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/0038026120934690 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0038-0261
- Deposit Type:
- Legaldeposit
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