Blanchard's Interpretation: "Feminine Essence Theory"
In 2008, Ray Blanchard presented the idea in the form of a theory in a commentary entitled "Deconstructing the Feminine Essence Narrative" in which he lists what he considers to be "the central tenets of the feminine essence theory", and then refutes each of these tenets:
- Male-to-female transsexuals are, in some literal sense and not just in a figurative sense, women inside men’s bodies.
- There is only one type of woman, therefore there can be only one type of (true) male-to-female transsexual.
- Apparent differences among male-to-female transsexuals are relatively superficial and irrelevant to the basic unity of the transsexual syndrome.
- Male-to-female transsexuals have no unique, behavioral or psychological characteristics that are absent in typical men and women.
Read more about this topic: Feminine Essence Concept Of Transsexuality
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