transvestitism

After "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" came out, a Christian family Web site made a long list of worrisome bits, including "cartoon rear male nudity, repeatedly," "pinching of banner staff between nude buttocks" and "suggestion of sadomasochism in transvestitism."

January 2005

There may be more interesting social commentary in my thought process than the idea of transvestitism as sexual identity.

Virtual Transvestitism: An Introduction

Various Paraphilias/Fetishes (Sexual) such as transvestitism

Sex Offenders and America

Types and degrees of identification with characters in a game or a character in a play, toys in a chest, etc. remains a fascinating issue, but not one to which we can justifiably attach labels like 'transvestitism' or even necessarily full immersion and identification.

Virtual Transvestitism: An Introduction

I have to agree with the emerging consensus here that "transvestitism" is a poor choice of term to describe the general act of playing a character of the opposite sex.

Virtual Transvestitism: An Introduction

Bonnie, I think it's naive to assume that terms like 'transvestitism' won't elicit a strong reaction unless used precisely and accurately.

Virtual Transvestitism: An Introduction

Draining off the shock-value of (misapplied IMO) terms like "transvestitism" and "cross-dressing," we're left with the statement that sometimes, by choice or not (based on the game) people play characters of the opposite gender.

Virtual Transvestitism: An Introduction

It never ocurred to me to refer to that relationship as "transvestitism" in any way; probably because their characters were represented by small pewter figures rather than animated, on-screen avatars.

Virtual Transvestitism: An Introduction

Thanks to that band, my British satin'n'tat/Granny Takes A Trip patchwork boots look had now been augmented with a generous schmeer of transvestitism.

Binky Philips: Valentine's Day With David Bowie, 1973

ÂThanks to that band, my British satin'n'tat/Granny Takes A Trip patchwork boots look had now been augmented with a generous schmeer of transvestitism.

Binky Philips: Valentine's Day With David Bowie, 1973