Lecture #8 Masculinity-Femininity

Question 1

No more than __________ of androphilic males will be extremely masculine

Answer 1

10%

Question 2

Because androphilic males are sexually attracted to masculinity, masculine males will in turn have a….

Answer 2

large mating pool

Question 3

Feminized male, with or without breasts who kept their penises.

Answer 3

Gynandromorph

Question 4

refers to a person whose ppresentation and identity is relatively typical for their sex and corresponds to the gender they were assigned at birth. (What I am).

Answer 4

cisgender

Question 5

In Canada, which male androphiles are most present?

Answer 5

High masculine male androphiles are more prevalent.

Question 6

In Samoa, which male androphiles are more prevalent?

Answer 6

High feminine male androphiles are more prevalent

Question 7

The spectrum of male androphlia is all males; it just depends how…

Answer 7

masculine or feminine they are.

Question 8

Only a small miniority of androphilic feminized males will carry through with…

Answer 8

genitallia reconstruction

Question 9

Which male androphiles are the rarest?

Answer 9

The very masculine ones!

Question 10

There is very minimal miniority of indivduals in the female gynaphilia category in the very masculine group that actually go through with…

Answer 10

genital surgery

Question 11

Across cultures and history, individuals who are attracted to same sex adults are ommonly categorized into two groups. what are they?

Answer 11

These two groups are cisgender and transgender.
-> they are distiguished by their presentation and behavior

Question 12

A person whose presentation and identity is atypical for thier biological sex and does not correspond to the gender they were assigned at birth

Answer 12

Transgender

Question 13

What are Thailand’s Toms?

Answer 13

masculine gynophilic females “butch lesbians”

Question 14

What are Thailand’s Dees?

Answer 14

feminine gynaphilic females. “Portia Degeneres for example”

Question 15

Many cultures categorize androphilic males into two types: (fro example on The Ivory Coast): ->

Answer 15

Cisgender androphilic males: Yossi “Masculine males”
Transgender androphilic males: Woubi “Feminine males”

Question 16

Is cisgender and transgender individuals common to have in the same geographical location?

Answer 16

you can have both in the same location but usually, one is more common than the other depending on where you are in the world.

Question 17

Which end of the male androphile spectrum have a higher advantage and a larger mating pool?

Answer 17

The masculine androphilic males!

Question 18

Binary categorization of androphilic males occurred in
the ancient past:

Answer 18

Two types of androphilic males
(klibás) were recognized ancient
India: masculine and feminine 2100 BP

Question 19

Binary categorization of gynephilic females has
occurred at least since

Answer 19

the 19th century
In Critical Arrows (1879), Ulrich
described how gynephilic
females could be very masculine
(Mannlingin) or very feminine
(Weiblingin)

Question 20

Karl Ulrich described how gynaphilic females could be either masculine (__________) or very feminine (_____________).

Answer 20

very masculine = Mannlingin
very feminine = Weiblingin

Question 21

involves treating gradients of
information as binary.

Answer 21

Binary bias

Question 22

What does Whitam (1987) beleive?

Answer 22

that male homosexual and heterosexual
transvestites (cross-dressers) and transsexuals are
“two separate spectra, not one”

Question 23

Two types of MtF trans individuals:

Answer 23

1. Homosexual/Androphilic
   MtF trans individuals (straight arrow –>)
2. Heterosexual/Gynephilic
   MtF trans individuals (bring it back around arrow ——><

Question 24

What are some charactertistics of Homosexual/Androphilic
MtF trans individuals?

Answer 24

Extremely feminine in childhood,
including non-fetishistic crossdressing
* Extremely feminine in adulthood
* Exclusively sexually attracted to
men (homosexual/androphilic)
* If they transition, they often do so
early in life

Question 25

What are some characteristics of Heterosexual/Gynephilic
MtF trans individuals

Answer 25

• Not feminine in childhood
• Sexually attracted to women, but will
  sometimes engage in sex with men
• Not particularly feminine in adulthood
• Often marry and father children
• Sexually aroused to the thought of
  themselves as women (autogynephilia)
• Autogynephilia expressed in
  adolescence via fetishistic crossdressing
• If they transition, they often do so later
  in life

Question 26

Both into dudes:

Answer 26

same natural kind! (cisgender androphilic “gay man”) and (androphilic transwoman).

Question 27

One into dudes, the other into girls:

Answer 27

Not the same natural kind! (androphilic Transwoman) and (gynaphilic transwoman).

Question 28

What are the two types of FtM trans individuals?

Answer 28

Childhood Onset and Adolescent Onset

Childhood onet:
-masculine in childhood. (inc cross dressing)
-masculine in adulthood.
-Most are sexually attracted to women, some tho are bisexual.

Adult onset:
-prior to mid 2000’s it was vitually non exsistant or rare.
-non masculine in childhood.
-sexually attracted to men, women, or both.
-trans identification occurs out of the blue, typically in adolescnce in a social group that is making similar declarations. (peer to peer social contagion).