10) Transsexual Fantasies
It is an odd fact that many men who identify themselves as straight admit to fantasies about either pre- or post-operative male-to-female transs3xuals or male cross-dressers, while they have no attraction to homos3xual or heteros3xual men. This attraction is known as gynandromorphophilia, though it is usually expressed in crude pornographic terms as interest in “she-males,” “chicks with dicks,” or “lady boys.” According to homos3xual reporter Daniel Harris, who spent time as a drag queen, such an individual is easy to understand as “an opportunist who is willing to overlook the imperfections of the disguise for the sake of a good blow job, which he has heard through the s3xual grapevine, correctly as everyone knows is more expertly administered by men than by women.” There have been few studies on the phenomenon, though one by Northwestern University suggested that of the respondents who admitted to attraction to transs3xuals, 51 percent identified as straight. While for many, the attraction to transs3xuals manifested as a s3xual desire separate from their heteros3xuality, for some, it formed the central part of their s3xuality. One study quoted a straight man with an interest in trans women, who attributed his attraction to “an exoticness, a uniqueness, something that can’t be obtained elsewhere.
They’re just totally unique in their s3xuality in that they’re both men and women and at the same time, neither men nor women. To me that’s my fascination.”A large problem with the study of the phenomena is that many transs3xuals rightly object to being classified as a “fetish object.” Trans blogger Sass expressed her disagreement with the way the discussion is framed: “The question shouldn’t be why these men are attracted to us, but why is society forcing us to justify this attraction in the first place. I feel the question arises because people have already pre-judged that being s3xually or romantically attracted to people like me is perverted and immoral.
”While she is right that people shouldn’t have to justify their attraction to other consenting adults, it remains an interesting question in terms of the psychology of s3xuality. According to research by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, the answer may lie in the effect that the penis has on the male s3xual brain. Evolutionary psychology suggests the presence of an erect phallus can actually have stimulating effects on men, as it is associated with male-on-male aggression, territorialism, and attracting females. The combination of female secondary s3xual features with the phallus may have the effect of activating primeval fight-or-flight responses and also orgasm via the sympathetic nervous system.
It is an odd fact that many men who identify themselves as straight admit to fantasies about either pre- or post-operative male-to-female transs3xuals or male cross-dressers, while they have no attraction to homos3xual or heteros3xual men. This attraction is known as gynandromorphophilia, though it is usually expressed in crude pornographic terms as interest in “she-males,” “chicks with dicks,” or “lady boys.” According to homos3xual reporter Daniel Harris, who spent time as a drag queen, such an individual is easy to understand as “an opportunist who is willing to overlook the imperfections of the disguise for the sake of a good blow job, which he has heard through the s3xual grapevine, correctly as everyone knows is more expertly administered by men than by women.” There have been few studies on the phenomenon, though one by Northwestern University suggested that of the respondents who admitted to attraction to transs3xuals, 51 percent identified as straight. While for many, the attraction to transs3xuals manifested as a s3xual desire separate from their heteros3xuality, for some, it formed the central part of their s3xuality. One study quoted a straight man with an interest in trans women, who attributed his attraction to “an exoticness, a uniqueness, something that can’t be obtained elsewhere.
They’re just totally unique in their s3xuality in that they’re both men and women and at the same time, neither men nor women. To me that’s my fascination.”A large problem with the study of the phenomena is that many transs3xuals rightly object to being classified as a “fetish object.” Trans blogger Sass expressed her disagreement with the way the discussion is framed: “The question shouldn’t be why these men are attracted to us, but why is society forcing us to justify this attraction in the first place. I feel the question arises because people have already pre-judged that being s3xually or romantically attracted to people like me is perverted and immoral.
”While she is right that people shouldn’t have to justify their attraction to other consenting adults, it remains an interesting question in terms of the psychology of s3xuality. According to research by Ogi Ogas and Sai Gaddam, the answer may lie in the effect that the penis has on the male s3xual brain. Evolutionary psychology suggests the presence of an erect phallus can actually have stimulating effects on men, as it is associated with male-on-male aggression, territorialism, and attracting females. The combination of female secondary s3xual features with the phallus may have the effect of activating primeval fight-or-flight responses and also orgasm via the sympathetic nervous system.
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