Masculinity, femininity, and transsexualism.

Archives of Sexual Behavior,  December, 2002  by Anna Herman-Jeglinska

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INTRODUCTION

When we describe a man as feminine, we mean that the individual has some attributes more typical of the other sex. In other words, his sex role is more feminine than that of other men. Thus, sex roles refer to those behaviors, attitudes, and personality traits that a society designates as masculine or feminine that are more "appropriate" for, or typical of, the male or female social role (Bailey, 1996).

It might seem obvious that transsexual individuals, whose gender identity is incongruent with their anatomical sex, identify with sex roles of the opposite sex. A simple prediction is that ...