Gender Dysphoria in Adolescents and Adults Gender dysphoria in adolescents and adults is noted by a confliction in expressed and assigned gender (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). It is believed that people have experienced gender dysphoria for thousands of years, possibly since the beginning of mankind, though it just recently became more commonly studied in the last 200 years (Feinberg, 1996). Gender dysphoria symptoms vary among children, adolescents, and adults; they also vary between natal males and natal females.
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The confliction between expressed and assigned gender must persist for six months or more to become diagnosable. Those with gender dysphoria must express at least two of the following symptoms: contradiction …show more content…
Historically, gender dysphoria was linked to demonic possession and gifts from a god. More recently, gender dysphoria has been linked to sociocultural views, biology, and genetics. Transgender people have been in existence for as long as history can tell. Transgender people in India and other parts of southern Asia have an entire transgender culture called Hijra (McCarthy, 2014). People belonging to the Hijra culture have been recorded in India as far back as history accounts (McCarthy, 2014). Cross-dressing has also been recorded in many historical figures and documents, including: Greek mythology (Achilles was encouraged by his mother to dress as a woman [Sariego & María, 2007]), Joan of Arc (Feinberg, 1996), and Anne Bonny and Mary Read (18th-century pirates [Canfield, 2001]). There are also many occurrences of cross-dressing in plays of William Shakespeare (Garber, 1997). So, while there has not always been a term for being transgender or a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, it is a common belief that gender dysphoria has persisted as long as mankind has …show more content…
Gender dysphoria in natal males outnumbers natal females by a ratio ranging anywhere from 1:1 to 6.1:1 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013); though, the international ratio average is 2:1 (Comer, 2015). Yet, in Japan natal females outnumber natal males by a 2.2:1 ratio and in Poland natal females outnumber natal males by a staggering 3.4:1 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This is significant evidence that a male dominated cultural influence can greatly increase the recorded number of natal females with gender dysphoria or greatly decrease the number of recorded natal males with gender dysphoria. But, this does not prove that sociocultural influences cause gender dysphoria. This increase could be due to an increased amount of natal females with gender dysphoria feeling more comfortable due to their male-dominated culture. This increase could also be caused by a lack of natal males with gender dysphoria becoming diagnosed. For example, a natal male with gender dysphoria may never seek treatment due to the fear of inequality faced by women in his culture. Many other male dominated cultures that do not see this increase. There is also no evidence of a significant increase in natal males with gender dysphoria in female-dominated cultures, which leads to the theory that genetics and biology
Definitions
The confliction between expressed and assigned gender must persist for six months or more to become diagnosable. Those with gender dysphoria must express at least two of the following symptoms: contradiction …show more content…
Historically, gender dysphoria was linked to demonic possession and gifts from a god. More recently, gender dysphoria has been linked to sociocultural views, biology, and genetics. Transgender people have been in existence for as long as history can tell. Transgender people in India and other parts of southern Asia have an entire transgender culture called Hijra (McCarthy, 2014). People belonging to the Hijra culture have been recorded in India as far back as history accounts (McCarthy, 2014). Cross-dressing has also been recorded in many historical figures and documents, including: Greek mythology (Achilles was encouraged by his mother to dress as a woman [Sariego & María, 2007]), Joan of Arc (Feinberg, 1996), and Anne Bonny and Mary Read (18th-century pirates [Canfield, 2001]). There are also many occurrences of cross-dressing in plays of William Shakespeare (Garber, 1997). So, while there has not always been a term for being transgender or a diagnosis of gender dysphoria, it is a common belief that gender dysphoria has persisted as long as mankind has …show more content…
Gender dysphoria in natal males outnumbers natal females by a ratio ranging anywhere from 1:1 to 6.1:1 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013); though, the international ratio average is 2:1 (Comer, 2015). Yet, in Japan natal females outnumber natal males by a 2.2:1 ratio and in Poland natal females outnumber natal males by a staggering 3.4:1 (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). This is significant evidence that a male dominated cultural influence can greatly increase the recorded number of natal females with gender dysphoria or greatly decrease the number of recorded natal males with gender dysphoria. But, this does not prove that sociocultural influences cause gender dysphoria. This increase could be due to an increased amount of natal females with gender dysphoria feeling more comfortable due to their male-dominated culture. This increase could also be caused by a lack of natal males with gender dysphoria becoming diagnosed. For example, a natal male with gender dysphoria may never seek treatment due to the fear of inequality faced by women in his culture. Many other male dominated cultures that do not see this increase. There is also no evidence of a significant increase in natal males with gender dysphoria in female-dominated cultures, which leads to the theory that genetics and biology