Gender Dysmorphia
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Gender Dysmorphic
Gender Dysmorphia or Sex Dysmorphia is a term that describes the gendered dysmorphia/conflict over one or more perceived flaws in one's own physical appearance. It is characterised by one's confliction between one's immaterial/incorporeal brain/mind and their material/corporeal gender/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, but Ap from the beyond-mogai-pride-flags Tumblr blog coined a clearer distinction between the two terms on the 12th of December, 2019.[3]
Flags and Symbols
The gender dysmorphic flag was created 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.
