Special Features
Glossary
Benjamin Scale
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Special Features
Glossary
Benjamin Scale
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| PROFILE | TYPE I TransvestitePseudo | TYPE II TransvestiteFetishistic | TYPE III TransvestiteTrue | TYPE IV TranssexualNon-Surgical | TYPE V TrueTranssexualModerateIntensity | TYPE VI TrueTranssexualHighIntensity |
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| Gender | Masculine. | Masculine. | Masculine (but with less conviction). | Uncertain. Wavering between TV and TS. | Feminine "trapped in a malebody". | Feminine. Total "psycho-sexual"inversion. |
| Dressing habitsand social life | Normal male life. May get a "kick" from"dressing". Not truly TV. | Lives as a man. "Dresses" periodicallyor part-time. Dresses under male clothes. | "Dresses" constantly or as often aspossible. May live and be accepted as woman. May dress under malegarb. | "Dresses" often as possible withinsufficiant relief of gender discomfort. May live as man or woman. | Lives and works as woman if possible. Insufficiantrelief from "dressing". | May live & work as woman. Insufficiant relieffrom "dressing". Gender discomfort intense. |
| Sex object choice and sexlife | Hetero-, bi, or homosexual. "Dressing"and "sex change" in masturbation fantasy mainly. | Heterosexual. Rarely bi. Masturbation with fetish.Feels guilt. "purges" and relapses. | Heterosexual except when dressed. Dressing givessexual satisfaction, relief of gender discomfort. May purge, relapse. | Libido low. Asexual or auto-erotic. Could be bi-sexual. | Low libido. Asexual, auto-erotic, or passivelyhomosexual activity. May have been married an dhavechildren. | Intensively desires relations with normal male as"female" id young; later libido low. May have been marriedand have children. |
| Conversion | Not considered in reality. | Rejected. | Rejected but idea attractive. | Attractive but not requested. | Requested. | Urgently requested & usuallyattained. |
| Estogen | Not interested. Not indicated. | Rarely interested. May help to reducelibido. | Attractive as an experiment. Can behelpful. | Needed for comfort & emotionalbalance. | Needed as substitute or preliminary tooperation. | Required for partial relief. |
| Psychotherapy | Not wanted. Unnecessary. | May be successful in favorableenvironment. | If attempted, not usually successful as tocure. | Only as guidance; otherwise refused orunsuccessful. | Rejected. Useless as to cure. Permissivepsychological guidance. | Psychological guidance or psychotherapy forsymptomatic relief only. |
| Remarks | Only sporatic interest in"dressing". | May imitate M and F double personality with M andF names. | May assume a double personality. Trend towardTSism. | Social life dependant on circumstances. | Operation hoped for and worked for, oftenattained. | Despises his male organs; danger of suicide orself-mutilation if too longfrustrated. |
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