Despite being a 36 year-old Australian man, "Misty Summers" says he identifies as a "little girl in a boy's body" and buys used schoolgirl uniforms on Ebay to satisfy his fetish. "Dress like a child, live like a child, think like a child. Be the child." These men try to emulate what they are attracted to. They are telling us loud and clear, yet we are forced to pretend that we don't see the obvious. This is an example of autopedophilia. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/09…
The rot in psychology and psychiatry surrounding trying to destigmatize adults sitting around fantasizing about sexually assaulting children, like that's sometimes not a pathological state, has to be power washed out of the field. But I'm not sure anything would be left once the pseudo science and perversion were removed.
Its not destigmatized in the delivery of psychologicsl services. It is recognized for what it is which is a fetish and if someone comes in and wants to deal with the root issue then fine. Psychology can't regulate what people do or how they perceive themselves. But I'm certainly not encouraging anyone that's it's normal behavior.
@TTExulansic @WomenReadWomen Seems like at least 70% of modern day psychology and psychiatry is about supporting people with paraphilias