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'''Gynesexuality'''<ref>http://lgbthealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/Needs%20Assessment%20Sept%2007%20_Updated%20Dec%2007_.PDF</ref><ref>http://www.jstor.org/stable/1354658?seq</ref><ref>http://starways.net/beth/4not2.html</ref>; is erotic attraction to women, and its counterpart '''androsexuality''' is attraction to men. | ||
| The term |
The term ''androsexuality''<ref>http://www.black-rose.com/articles-liz/genderlang.html</ref><ref>http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/femm.html</ref>) was originally used to describe age aspect of ] of male uranists. The terms ''androphilia'' and ''gynephilia'' were also used to distinguish love of adult humans from ] and pedosexuality. These describe types of chronosexuality and within that, androsexuality and gynesexuality collectively refer to two variable forms of teleiosexuality. | ||
| Later the words ''androphilia'' and ''gynephilia'' (''gynaekophilia'') |
Later the words ''androphilia'' and ''gynephilia'' (''gynaekophilia'') were misused to describe sexual ] independently of one's sex; this is useful especially for talking about orientation of transsexual people (regardless of which age-range of attraction), as well as for generally studies of attraction to men or attraction to women. | ||
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== Androsexuality == | ||
| '''Androphilia''' (from the Greek ''andro-'', an adjective/adverbial form of ''male''; and ''-philia'', meaning ''love'') is attraction to adult males. | |||
| It is believed that the term originated from ] systematics of |
It is believed that the term originated from ] systematics of uranistic men.{{Fact|date=April 2009}} ], writing in the early twentieth century, offered a threefold age classification system for uranistic men: {{Fact|date=February 2007}} | ||
| *], "who are attracted to youths from puberty to the early 20s". The term is now used to describe both heterosexual and |
*], "who are attracted to youths from puberty to the early 20s". The term is now used to describe both heterosexual and uranistic attraction to the age range. | ||
| *'''Androphiles''', who prefer men from |
*'''Androphiles''', which he used as men who prefer men from their second to fifth decade. The term is now mostly used correctly; to describe any who have love for men. | ||
| *], who prefer older men. The term is now used as a |
*], who prefer older men. The term is now used correctly; as a sexually neutral preference for old people. | ||
| The term androphilia was |
The term androphilia was used in describing societies where ] was the norm, but where attraction between adult men was frowned upon.{{Fact|date=April 2009}} | ||
| A book by ] uses the term androphilia in its title: ''Androphilia, A Manifesto: Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity'' (ISBN 0-9764035-8-7). The author uses the term to emphasize ] in both the object and the subject of male |
A book by ] uses the term androphilia in its title: ''Androphilia, A Manifesto: Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity'' (ISBN 0-9764035-8-7). The author uses the term to emphasize ] in both the object and the subject of male uranistic desire and to reject the sexual nonconformity that he sees in some segments of the uranistic identity. | ||
| == |
== Gynesexuality == | ||
| '''Gynephilia''' ('''gynophilia''' or '''gynaecophilia'''; from Greek ''gunē'', meaning ''women''; and '']'', meaning ''love'') is the erotic attraction to females. | |||
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''Gynesexuality'' is philologically inconsequent, as it takes the nominative form in place of the root, and would have as its counterpart ''anerphilia'' (From Greek ''anēr'', "men," + ''-philia''), not ''androphilia'' ; while ''gynophilia'' is formed in violation of Greek word formation rules,{{Fact|date=April 2009}} cf. gynaecology/gynecology (From Greek ''gynaiko-'', "woman," + ''logos'') | ||
| The term ''gynophilia'' is |
The term ''gynophilia'' is misused in some ] to mean "attraction to adult women", in contrast with pedosexuality, with the aim of therapy usually being to replace pedosexual desires with teleiosexual ones.{{Fact|date=March 2008}} | ||
| The age zone of |
The age zone of gynephiliac interests is defined likewise as in case of androphilia. | ||
| == Use for |
== Use for transsexual people == | ||
| The terms gynephilia and androphilia are |
The terms gynephilia and androphilia are occasively (but increasingly){{Fact|date=June 2008}} used when referring to the ] of transsexual people,<ref>For example: "] are a heterogeneous group of androsexual men, some of whom are unremarkably masculine, but most of whom behave in a feminine manner in adulthood.", Bartlett, Nancy H. and Vasey, Paul L. (2006), ''A Retrospective Study of Childhood Gender-Atypical Behavior in Samoan Fa’afafine'', Archives of Sexual Behavior, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 0004-0002 (Print) 1573-2800 (Online), Volume 35, Number 6, December 2006, Pages 659-666</ref> since the terms ] and ] (different-sex) can be unclear. In describing a human's ] as homosexual or heterosexual, one is not only saying a thing about the ] that human desires, but also about their own sex — specifically, that their sex is the same as, or different from, that of those they desire. Difficulty in making these judgements can be seen, for example, in debates about whether gynephiliac transsexual men are homosexual. Androsexuality and gynesexuality are often preferred, because rather than focusing on the sex of the subject, they only describe that of the object of their attraction. This has led to less emphasis on the age-based restriction that those terms were originally misused for. The third common term that describes sexual orientation, ], makes no claim about the subject's sexual identity. | ||
| This use is problematic for |
This use is problematic for transsexual people because it denies their experiences as their actual sex, but also implies that they are really of the sex they were originally. It is barely controversial that transsexual people define themselves as homosexual, heterosexual, and bisexual as appropriate, and will reject any terminology that is applied to them but not also to ] people. Debates about whether gynesexual transsexual men are homosexual, for example, do not typically include those men's perspectives. | ||
| ==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
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==Reference== | ||
| *Dynes, Wayne ''Androphilia.'' Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.), Garland Publishing, 1990. p. 58. | *Dynes, Wayne ''Androphilia.'' Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.), Garland Publishing, 1990. p. 58. | ||
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Gynesexuality; is erotic attraction to women, and its counterpart androsexuality is attraction to men.
The term androsexuality) was originally used to describe age aspect of erotic orientation of male uranists. The terms androphilia and gynephilia were also used to distinguish love of adult humans from pederasty and pedosexuality. These describe types of chronosexuality and within that, androsexuality and gynesexuality collectively refer to two variable forms of teleiosexuality.
Later the words androphilia and gynephilia (gynaekophilia) were misused to describe sexual orientation independently of one's sex; this is useful especially for talking about orientation of transsexual people (regardless of which age-range of attraction), as well as for generally studies of attraction to men or attraction to women.
Androsexuality
It is believed that the term originated from Hirschfeld's systematics of uranistic men. Magnus Hirschfeld, writing in the early twentieth century, offered a threefold age classification system for uranistic men:
- Ephebophiles, "who are attracted to youths from puberty to the early 20s". The term is now used to describe both heterosexual and uranistic attraction to the age range.
- Androphiles, which he used as men who prefer men from their second to fifth decade. The term is now mostly used correctly; to describe any who have love for men.
- Gerontophiles, who prefer older men. The term is now used correctly; as a sexually neutral preference for old people.
The term androphilia was used in describing societies where pederasty was the norm, but where attraction between adult men was frowned upon.
A book by Jack Malebranche uses the term androphilia in its title: Androphilia, A Manifesto: Rejecting the Gay Identity, Reclaiming Masculinity (ISBN 0-9764035-8-7). The author uses the term to emphasize masculinity in both the object and the subject of male uranistic desire and to reject the sexual nonconformity that he sees in some segments of the uranistic identity.
Gynesexuality
Gynesexuality is philologically inconsequent, as it takes the nominative form in place of the root, and would have as its counterpart anerphilia (From Greek anēr, "men," + -philia), not androphilia ; while gynophilia is formed in violation of Greek word formation rules, cf. gynaecology/gynecology (From Greek gynaiko-, "woman," + logos)
The term gynophilia is misused in some psychotherapy to mean "attraction to adult women", in contrast with pedosexuality, with the aim of therapy usually being to replace pedosexual desires with teleiosexual ones.
The age zone of gynephiliac interests is defined likewise as in case of androphilia.
Use for transsexual people
The terms gynephilia and androphilia are occasively (but increasingly) used when referring to the sexual orientation of transsexual people, since the terms homosexual and heterosexual (different-sex) can be unclear. In describing a human's sexual orientation as homosexual or heterosexual, one is not only saying a thing about the sex that human desires, but also about their own sex — specifically, that their sex is the same as, or different from, that of those they desire. Difficulty in making these judgements can be seen, for example, in debates about whether gynephiliac transsexual men are homosexual. Androsexuality and gynesexuality are often preferred, because rather than focusing on the sex of the subject, they only describe that of the object of their attraction. This has led to less emphasis on the age-based restriction that those terms were originally misused for. The third common term that describes sexual orientation, bisexuality, makes no claim about the subject's sexual identity.
This use is problematic for transsexual people because it denies their experiences as their actual sex, but also implies that they are really of the sex they were originally. It is barely controversial that transsexual people define themselves as homosexual, heterosexual, and bisexual as appropriate, and will reject any terminology that is applied to them but not also to cisgender people. Debates about whether gynesexual transsexual men are homosexual, for example, do not typically include those men's perspectives.
Footnotes
- http://lgbthealth.org.uk/sites/default/files/Needs%20Assessment%20Sept%2007%20_Updated%20Dec%2007_.PDF
- http://www.jstor.org/stable/1354658?seq
- http://starways.net/beth/4not2.html
- http://www.black-rose.com/articles-liz/genderlang.html
- http://faculty.ed.umuc.edu/~jmatthew/naples/femm.html
- For example: "Fa’afafine are a heterogeneous group of androsexual men, some of whom are unremarkably masculine, but most of whom behave in a feminine manner in adulthood.", Bartlett, Nancy H. and Vasey, Paul L. (2006), A Retrospective Study of Childhood Gender-Atypical Behavior in Samoan Fa’afafine, Archives of Sexual Behavior, Springer Netherlands, ISSN 0004-0002 (Print) 1573-2800 (Online), Volume 35, Number 6, December 2006, Pages 659-666
See also
Reference
- Dynes, Wayne Androphilia. Encyclopedia of Homosexuality. Dynes, Wayne R. (ed.), Garland Publishing, 1990. p. 58.