tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post7605728192497964739..comments2024-03-13T00:23:23.730-04:00Comments on A Gender Variance Who's Who: A rereading of Benjamin: Part 1: intro and the ScaleZagriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15124379637664963835noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-12171640300585312922016-06-08T06:42:42.453-04:002016-06-08T06:42:42.453-04:00I think that these categories always have a lot of...I think that these categories always have a lot of grey and lots of latitude in them. The differences between types 3 and 4 could blur as could between the others. Unfortunately its not an exact science. But when I read Benjamin I found a better fit for me within that category. My decision to live part time has much to do with my current life situation.joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-63215943862004805082016-06-07T13:44:02.527-04:002016-06-07T13:44:02.527-04:00I grant that based on Benjamin's wording, that...I grant that based on Benjamin's wording, that you and Irene may claim to be Type IV, but if so where are the full-time non-ops? Type V request surgery by definition. Are full-time non-ops erased along with gay transvestites and gynephilic Type VIs?Zagriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124379637664963835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-60604740080983897902016-06-07T10:38:40.092-04:002016-06-07T10:38:40.092-04:00not full time but more part time.not full time but more part time.joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-6431431683714736532016-06-07T09:51:17.276-04:002016-06-07T09:51:17.276-04:00As I will be bringing out, there is tension betwee...As I will be bringing out, there is tension between the scale, which is what most people read, and what Benjamin actually says in the text. When you say that you are a Type IV, do you mean fulltime like Louise Lawrence or Holly Woodlawn, or do mean like Benjamin's one and only example Irene on p81/37 who is more what we would call a cross dreamer?<br /><br />Incidentally the roots of HBS/Blanchardism are found in Benjamin's book, as I will be showing in Part III.Zagriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15124379637664963835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6712640935255311366.post-29814133268817144122016-06-07T06:56:18.640-04:002016-06-07T06:56:18.640-04:00Hi Zagria,
As a type IV myself I still find Benja...Hi Zagria,<br /><br />As a type IV myself I still find Benjamin's work (warts and all) to be the best and most honest examination of transvestism and transsexualism. During his time we lacked the language we have today and the exposure that trans people get today would have no doubt given Benjamin some pleasure as he respected his patients. A far cry from the toxic Blanchard et al.<br /><br />Were he alive today he would probably have redrafted much of his great book but I still think it holds up very well as a compassionate analysis from someone who wanted to help his patients.joanna Santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16722222181799879120noreply@blogger.com