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'''Autogynephilia''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] “αὐτό-” (''self''), “γυνή” (''woman'') is a term coined in 1989 by [[Ray Blanchard]] to refer to "a man's paraphilic tendency to be [[Sexual arousal|sexually aroused]] by the thought or image of himself as a woman."<ref name = Blanchard1989/> Blanchard suggested it was what motivates ([[transvestic fetishism]]) in biological males and gender dysphoria in those biological males who are attracted to women and want to be women. Autogynephilia has also been suggested to pertain to romantic love as well as to sexual arousal patterns.<ref>Lawrence, A. A. (2007). Becoming what we love: Autogynephilic transsexualism conceptualized as an expression of romantic love. ''Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, 50,'' 506–520.</ref>
Autogynephilia is recognized by the ''[[Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders]]'' of the [[American Psychiatric Association]], which indicates that of individuals with [[gender identity disorder]], "[The] adult males who are sexually attracted to females, to both males and females, or to neither sex usually report a history of erotic arousal associated with the thought or image of oneself as a woman (termed ''autogynephilia'')" [emphasis in original].<ref>American Psychiatric Association. (2000). ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (4th ed., text rev.). Washington, DC: Author, p. 578.</ref>
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