Transvestic fetishism | |
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Specialty | Psychiatry |
Symptoms | Excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing |
Cross-dressing |
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Transvestic fetishism is a psychiatric diagnosis applied to men who are thought to have an excessive sexual or erotic interest in cross-dressing; this interest is often expressed in autoerotic behavior. It differs from cross-dressing for entertainment or other purposes that do not involve sexual arousal. Under the name transvestic disorder, it is categorized as a paraphilia in the DSM-5.[1]