In another study, researchers explored perceptions of identity and meanings of sexual behaviour among men who have sex with trans women ( Operario et al. The men found the atmosphere in the bar – in which they received flattery, flirtatious comments, and physical contact – to be highly erotic.
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Analysis of the men’s desire was rooted in the trans women’s bodily appearance and physical anatomy. Qualitative findings demonstrated the presence of ‘objectified embodiment’ among the men toward their trans women sexual partners, i.e., the body of the trans woman was described as the object of the men’s desire. Weinberg and Williams (2009) interviewed men sexually interested in trans women at a bar about their desire for and experiences with trans women. More recently, three studies have sought to understand the ways in which men describe their desire for, attraction to, and sexual experiences with trans women. Both lacked a specific understanding of a transgender identity and both viewed the object of sexual desire as paraphilia.
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Both studies identified the desired sexual partner as cross-dresser, transvestite, transsexual, or she-male. Similarly, Blanchard and Collins (1993) invented the term ‘gynandromorphophiles’ to define such men. Money and Lamacz (1984) labelled men who expressed a sexual desire for biological males who feminised their bodies as ‘gynemimetophiles’ and suggested treatment, ‘Clinicians can contribute to the rehabilitation and welfare of gynemimetic youth in society, by providing overall health care, including endocrine treatment and mental-health counseling’ (p.392). While some early studies viewed these men simply as anonymous partners engaged in impersonal sexual transactions ( Pettiway 1996) other studies pathologised their behaviour. Men who have sex with trans women have received limited attention in sexuality research ( Bockting, Miner, and Rosser 2007).
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These narratives provided another framework for the continuing discourse on the complexity of erotic desire.Ĭontemporary social scientists have only recently begun to explore men’s sexual desire toward transgender women (hereafter ‘trans women’). The role of the ‘illusion’ was central in the meaning and construction of erotic desire. These themes reflected how the participants defined and negotiated their sexual encounters, both psychologically through their understanding of sex with a transgender woman with a penis, and physically through the navigation of specific sex acts. Using the principles of Grounded Theory, three themes emerged: (1) the erotic desire that transpired from a transgender woman’s construction of her femininity (2) the sexual act that dictated specific navigation of a transgender woman’s penis and, (3) the sexual dissonance that resulted from being a heterosexually identified man having sex with a partner who had a penis. Open-ended qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 heterosexual men who reported at least one sexual encounter with a transgender woman in the previous 12 months. This study examined the narratives of a sample of heterosexual men who had an occasional sexual encounter with a transgender woman to better understand how erotic desire was constructed. Little is known about men’s sexual desire for and erotic attraction to male-to-female transgender women.