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Index
PRAISE FOR - My Husband Betty
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Preface
Notes
CHAPTER I - Introduction
CHAPTER 2 - Crossdressed Lives
WHY DO THEY DO IT?
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, HOW
LIVES IN THE CLOSET
THE TWENTIES
THE THIRTIES
THE FORTIES
THE FIFTIES
CHAPTER 3 - Crossdressers’ Wives, Girlfriends, and Partners
I. IDENTITY
CULTURAL AND POLITICAL IDENTITY
IDENTITY AS WIFE
SEXUAL IDENTITY
BEAUTY AND SELF-IMAGE
II. TRUST
III. SEX
COUNSELING AND PEER COUNSELING
WHY WE STAY
CHAPTER 4 - Relationships
THE COUPLES
ALI & SUE—HEALERS
HEATHER & MINNA—CONSERVATIVE ALTERNATIVES
KATHY & AMANDA—GIRLFRIENDS
VICTORIA & MEREDITH—PARENTS
GIDGET & JAYNE—BOOMERS
MELISSA & DENISE—GEEKS IN LOVE
CHAPTER 5 - Slippery Slope?
DOES HE WANT TO BE A WOMAN?
THE TRANSGENDER SPECTRUM
A HISTORY OF TRANSGENDERED SCIENCE
AUTOGYNEPHILIA AND THE MAN WHO WOULD BE QUEEN
COMPLICATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS OF THE TG SPECTRUM FOR THE CROSSDRESSER
WHAT WE DON’T KNOW DOESN’T HAVE TO HURT US
CHAPTER 6 - Sex and Sensibility
COMMON MYTHS ABOUT MEN’S SEXUALITY
CROSSDRESSERS’ SEXUALITIES
I. SUBMISSION AND THE DESIRE TO BE SEDUCED
II. FICTIONMANIA SYNDROME AND SEXUAL ADDICTION
III. LACK OF INTEREST/AVOIDANCE
WHAT IS HETEROSEXUAL, ANYWAY?
BDSM AND CROSSDRESSING
“TRANNY CHASERS” AND THE THIRD SEX
INTERVIEW WITH AN ADMIRER
CHAPTER 7 - EpiScene
TRI-ESS AND THE OLD ORDER OF THINGS
ALTERNATIVE MODELS
THE INTERNET REVOLUTION
PASSING
THE FIRST TIME OUT
THE NEW PARADIGM
CHAPTER 8 - Gendered Politics
WOMEN AND FEMINISM
TRI-ESS’S HISTORICAL IMPACT
THE GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY
ALTERNATIVE SEXUALITIES
THE TRANSGENDERED/TRANSSEXUAL COMMUNITY
A HEAD START
GPAC: MYTH VS. FACT ABOUT GENDER STEREOTYPES
AFTERWORD - A Few Words from Betty
APPENDIX A - Glossary
APPENDIX B - The Cast of Characters
APPENDIX C - Annotated Bibliography
APPENDIX D - Resources
Swan Song
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