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Feminine behaviors during the childhood and adolescence of volunteer male transvestites who had shown a period of fetishism were investigated. The transvestites were categorized into two groups. Twenty who were satisfied with cross-dressing were termed nuclear transvestites, and 14 who desired at least a partial feminization were termed marginal transvestites. It was found that during their preadult years marginal transvestites showed significantly more feminine behaviors than nuclear transvestites, and both transvestite groups reported significantly more feminine behaviors than “normal” controls.
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Buhrich, N., McConaghy, N. Preadult feminine behaviors of male transvestites. Arch Sex Behav 14, 413–419 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01542002
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