“When Selves Have Sex: What the Phenomenology of Trans Sexuality Can Teach Us About Sexual Orientation”
Journal of Homosexuality 61 (5):605-620 (2014)
Abstract
In this article, Bettcher argues that sexual attraction must be
reconceptualized in light of transgender experience. In particular,
Bettcher defends the theory of “erotic structuralism,” which
replaces an exclusively other-directed account of gendered attraction
with one that includes a gendered eroticization of self as an
essential component. This erotic experience of self is necessary for
other-directed gendered desire, where the two are bound together
and mutually informing. One consequence of the theory is that the
controversial notion of “autogynephilia” is rejected. Another consequence
is that the distinction between gender identity and sexual
orientation is softened.
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