Lecture 7: Gender dysphoria and paraphillic disorders

Which topics are covered in the lecture?

Sex, gender, genderrole, genderidentity, primary and secondary sex characteristics, gender dysphoria, referrals, desisters, puberty blocking, cross-sex hormones, early/late onset, different kinds of operations, psychopathological features of paraphilic disorders, differences in men and women, exhibitionistic disorder, voyeuristic disorder, frotteuristic disorder, sexual sadism disorder, sexual masochism disorder, fetishistic disorder, transvestic disorder, pedophilic disorder, theoretical perspectives, treatment and effectiveness.

Which topics are discussed that are not discussed in the literature?

Sexual career means sexual experiences.

Which recent developments in the field are discussed?

There are no recent developments in the field discussed.

Which comments are made by the lecturer with regard to the exam?

You have to learn the definition of the next words by hard:

• Sex consists of all the physical aspects of the biological gender and includes chromosomes and the physical anatomy.
• Gender is the way in which someone identifies him or herself and consists of the psychosocial aspects of the biological gender.
• Genderrole are the behaviours, interests, preferences and personality traits of a person. This is all you see from outside.
• Genderidentity is the subjective feeling that you have that you belong to one of the genders. You only get to know this from someone if you ask about it.

You don’t have to learn the slide with a brief history from 1959 to 2014 by hard.

Which questions are dealt with that can be asked during the examination?

There were no questions dealt with that can be asked during examination.