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      Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality
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      Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality

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      Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality

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      Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality book

      Edited ByRobin M. Mathy, Jack Drescher
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2009
      eBook Published 25 July 2020
      Pub. Location New York
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003063896
      Pages 182
      eBook ISBN 9781003063896
      Subjects Behavioral Sciences, Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing & Allied Health, Social Sciences
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      Mathy, R.M., & Drescher, J. (Eds.). (2009). Childhood Gender Nonconformity and the Development of Adult Homosexuality (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003063896

      ABSTRACT

      This book presents leading experts on the scientific study of gender, providing their views on what we know today about the relationship between gender nonconformity in childhood and future adult sexual identities or behaviors. This book explores the topic from a wide range of perspectives, including historical, sociological, psychological (social and developmental), and psychiatric viewpoints. Parents, parent educators, therapists, and counselors who work with gay, lesbian, and bisexual adolescents or adults and/or gender atypical children will find this resource insightful and very useful.



      It presents highly respected authorities offering their own expertise and perspectives on a subject of much cultural controversy. Chapters explore: historical and cultural examples which suggest that homoerotic relationships during adolescence or early adulthood do not necessarily lead to homosexuality; the difficulty in identifying an example of a pattern of childhood behaviors that is predictive of outcome; a review of empirical retrospective and prospective literature; whether there is a causal link between childhood gender nonconformity and sexual orientation; and the diagnostic category of Gender Identity Disorder in the most recent DSM.



      This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |6 pages

      Introduction

      ByRobin Mathy, Jack Drescher

      chapter |10 pages

      Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Adult Homosexuality

      A Historical View
      ByVern L. Bullough

      chapter |12 pages

      Childhood Cross-Gender Behavior and Adult Homosexuality

      Why the Link?
      ByRichard Green

      chapter |32 pages

      Reflections on the Relation Between Sex-Typed Behavior in Childhood and Sexual Orientation in Adulthood

      ByKenneth J. Zucker

      chapter |20 pages

      Is There a Causal Link Between Childhood Gender Nonconformity and Adult Homosexuality?

      ByDaryl J. Bem

      chapter |14 pages

      Nosology, Etiology, and Course of Gender Identity Disorder in Children

      ByJames I. Martin

      chapter |26 pages

      Developmental Gender Differentiation

      Pathways in Conforming and Nonconforming Outcomes
      ByLynn S. Liben, Rebecca S. Bigler

      chapter |24 pages

      Gender Atypicality and Sexual Orientation Development Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth

      Prevalence, Sex Differences, and Parental Responses
      ByAnthony R. D’Augelli, Arnold H. Grossman, Michael T. Starks

      chapter |22 pages

      Masculinity, Femininity and the Development of Sexual Orientation in Women

      ByLetitia Anne Peplau, Mark Huppin
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