Abstract
Transsexuality is less a disorder of sexuality than a profound disorder of sex identity, i.e., of core identity and sex roles. Transsexuality is the most extreme form of a sex identity disorder, and can, as far as we know today, be traced back neither to genetic, anatomical, or hormonal deviations nor to a false sex ascription.
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Diederichs, P. (1991). On the Wish to Become an “Admired” Child: Psychoanalytical Aspects of Man-to-Woman Transsexuality. In: Richter, D., Bitzer, J., Nijs, P. (eds) Advanced Psychosomatic Research in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75648-1_19
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