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A case of familial heterosexual transvestism
Author(s) -
Buhrich N.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1977.tb00161.x
Subject(s) - transvestism , etiology , psychology , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis , psychiatry
A brief review of the literature concerning familial transvestism is given. The case history of father‐son heterosexual transvestism is presented. The son appears to have been ignorant of his father's transvestism. Early childhood experiences as an aetiological factor seem inadequate to explain the similarities of the two subjects' transvestite behaviour. It is suggested that constitutional factors play a part in the aetiology of heterosexual transvestism.