Thread 40823753

>Erotic
The idea of being a woman causes me sexual arousal.
>Romantic
I am in love with my female self image.
>Aesthetic
Women are beautiful, I want to be beautiful.

Anne Lawrence argued there were two dimensions to AGP, erotic and romantic, I suspect there may be a third, or perhaps you could roll romantic and aesthetic into one?
I also suspect the phenomenon in picrel is a manifestation of the aesthetic component.
Thoughts?

>Women are beautiful, I want to be beautiful

thats just general disphoria aint it?

>>40824341
I think dysphoria is best defined as a distressful experience, in AGPs it stems from a mismatch between your physical body and your erotic/romantic/aesthetic self image.

i mean i have all those things, wanting to be beautiful, liking the way women look, wishing i could dress like them and all the behavioural dimensions. but yeah ultimately its just looking at my moid reflection and feeling absolutely horrible. i dont need to look like or be a woman but i definitely cant look like a man

>>40824675
>i dont need to look like or be a woman but i definitely cant look like a man
This is why I think that most AGPs would benefit by some medical intervention, but not all should go for full transition. I think as AGP matures, dysphoria becomes more likely.

>>40825929
>I think as AGP matures, dysphoria becomes more likely.
This has been my experience. What medical intervention do you think would be appropriate for AGPs?

>>40826028
So it depends on the person, how AGP they are, how much dysphoria they feel, but some lighter treatments could be:
>Dutasteride
>SERMs
>IPL/Laser for body hair
>Low dose HRT (Still don't know how possible/effective this actually is, but I do know that NB HRT regimens exist.)