What's the difference ...

[curious_penguin]

I'm probably all wet here ...

What's the difference between gender dysphoria and transvestic fetishism or crossdressing
Answer: The erection (and release)?

For a guy -
* Get dressed as a female and it feels right and comfortable - no erection
* Get dressed as a female and he gets an erection and seeks sexual release

 

[Britva415]

Dysphoria isn't really about arousal at all. Nor is it about dressing. Neither of the scenarios you provided is about dysphoria.

It's when one feels dysphoric (like a "this is wrong" feeling) about the body they're in, because a differently-gendered body would correctly suit their sense of gender identity. Dysphoria is a clinically-unhealthy level of mental distress.

Crossdressers and fetishists don't necessarily want to escape a wrongly-gendered body for the sake of their mental health, they just want to dress the body they already have in a cross-gender or fetishistic way.

 

[leftwantingmore]

Dysphoria isn't really about arousal at all. Nor is it about dressing. Neither of the scenarios you provided is about dysphoria.

It's when one feels dysphoric (like a "this is wrong" feeling) about the body they're in, because a differently-gendered body would correctly suit their sense of gender identity. Dysphoria is a clinically-unhealthy level of mental distress.

Crossdressers and fetishists don't necessarily want to escape their wrongly-gendered body for the sake of their mental health, they just want to dress the body they already have in a cross-gender or fetishistic way.

Thanks for clearing that up.
Most appreciated. Don't need the confusion to spread.

 

[hiker283]

Dysphoria isn't really about arousal at all. Nor is it about dressing. Neither of the scenarios you provided is about dysphoria.

It's when one feels dysphoric (like a "this is wrong" feeling) about the body they're in, because a differently-gendered body would correctly suit their sense of gender identity. Dysphoria is a clinically-unhealthy level of mental distress.

Crossdressers and fetishists don't necessarily want to escape their wrongly-gendered body for the sake of their mental health, they just want to dress the body they already have in a cross-gender or fetishistic way.

When I dress in women's clothes I want to feel feminine, but I do not want to stop being a man.