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DSM-IV: Transvestic Fetishism

Heterosexual males with this paraphilia dress in female clothes (cross-dress) to produce or enhance sexual arousal, usually without a real partner, but with the fantasy that they are the female partner as well.

Diagnostic criteria for 302.3 Transvestic Fetishism
(cautionary statement)  

A. Over a period of at least 6 months, in a heterosexual male, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving cross-dressing. 

B. The fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors cause clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. 

Specify if: 

With Gender Dysphoria: if the person has persistent discomfort with gender role or identity

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth Edition. Copyright 1994 American Psychiatric Association

Also: cross dress, crossdress, transvestite

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