What is autogynephilia? Autogynephilia is a term used by conservative sexologists to refer to the family of sexual behaviors where a man gets aroused by imagining himself as a woman. To understand these behaviors, I would like you to imagine your average guy, jerking off to a picture of Julia. He is usually imagining himself doing all sorts of sordid things to Julia. In the case of the Autogynephiliac, however, he is not imagining doing things to Julia, he is imagining that he is, Julia. (And just in case you’re female and are starting to imagine a Silence of the Lambs scenario, I should clarify that the Autogynephiliac simply wants to look like Julia. He doesn’t want to literally be her, and steal her life, and make a suit made of human skin.) Are there different types of autogynephilia? Sexologists usually divide Autogynephiliac behaviour into three kinds. Anatomical, behavioral and … Continue reading Is autogynephilia an orientation, paraphilia, fetish… or none of the above?