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Thanks for the detailed reply! Indeed, 2 is the main group I was thinking of and which seems most affected by the whole...just using Blanchardianism as a way to legitimize their disdain for (perhaps not all) trans women, although that's probably an oversimplification. I'm happy for groups 3 and 4 having a way to reason about their personal experience as well. Group 1 is the one I'm most interested in -- it does seem reasonable to not just assume that all people are equal and that differences between groups could impact how we should structure society. I follow as far as:

They are usually conservatives trying to build models of society which acknowledge

I have a somewhat meta-level question to people who sympathize with Blanchardian writing: what is the interest of this research? What questions could we answer by knowing to what extent sexuality plays a causal role in transition? Are there decisions we make as a result of this? Is it for the benefit of trans people themselves that they think of themselves in this way?

I come across a disproportionate interest in noting the (generally) taboo sexual fetishes that are (perhaps) more common among trans people. I would search for quantitative evidence by going to Google Trends and looking at autogynephilia as compared to some similar term for a different social group, but I'm... (read more)