Gender Dysmorphia
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Gender Dysmorphic
Gender dysmorphia or sex dysmorphia is a term that describes the gendered dysmorphia or conflict over one or more perceived flaws in one's own physical appearance. It is characterized by one's confliction between one's immaterial or incorporeal brain or mind and their material or corporeal gender or body.[1][2][3]
It is considered to be a subset or type of body dysmorphia.
Related Terms
| Label | Relationship | Description | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender Disconnect | Similar | The feeling of disconnect between one's gender identity and their assigned gender at birth. | One may feel a disconnect between their gender identity and their AGAB without feeling distress. |
| Gender Dysphoria | Similar | The feeling of discomfort, distress, or self-hatred stemming from a disconnect between one's AGAB and gender identity. | Dysphoria does not have to be directed at a perceived physical flaw, nor does dysmorphia have to be a result of dysphoria. |
| Gender Envy | Counterpart | A feeling of envy towards an individual's gender presentation. | Dysphoria is not necessarily related to the desire to present similarly to a specific individual. |
| Gender Euphoria | Opposite | The comfort or joy experienced when one presents as or is viewed as one's true gender. | Gender euphoria is based on joy and comfort, not distress. |
| Paraphoria | Counterpart | The state of being between or beyond dysphoria and euphoria. | One may not experience any dysphoria or may have a complicated relationship with dysphoria. |
| Quoiphoric | Counterpart | One who is unaware of their experiences of gender/sex sonance. | One is who quoiphoric may not know if they experience dysphoria. |
History
Gender dysmorphia is often considered synonymous with gender dysphoria, however Ap from the beyond-mogai-pride-flags Tumblr blog published a clearer distinction between the two terms on the 12th of December, 2019.[3]
Flags and Symbols
The gender dysmorphic flag was published by beyond-mogai-pride-flags on the 12th of December, 2019.[3]
Resources
- ↑ "Body dysmorphic disorder". Mayo Clinic, 13 Dec, 2022, https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/body-dysmorphic-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20353938.
- ↑ "body dysmorphia". OED, https://www.oed.com/dictionary/dysmorphia_n?tl=true. Accessed on 10 Nov, 2023.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 beyond-mogai-pride-flags. "Gender Dysmorphic Pride Flag". Tumblr, 12 Dec, 2019, https://beyond-mogai-pride-flags.tumblr.com/post/189626811165/gender-dysmorphic-pride-flag.
