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Record 1 1992-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

[To wear] the clothes of the other gender.

OBS

The label [travestism] is reversed for those who derive sexual pleasures from such cross-dressing and have no desire to change their anatomicals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Se déguiser pour prendre la tenue normale de l'autre sexe.

OBS

travestisme : Le transsexuel se distingue du travesti en ce qu'il ne tire pas de satisfaction érotique de son habillement selon le sexe opposé. Il n'investit pas ses organes génitaux alors que le travesti en tire du plaisir.

Spanish

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