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To save space I'll try to make some of the questions in tabular form:

Question:

Hetero

Homo

1.

Did you cross dress before surgery

yes

92

50

2

Age of early dressing — before 5 years

33

8

-

3. Dressing is sexually arousing

yes

50

18

4.

I ife sexually better after surgery

yes

40

70

5.

Anal intercourse pleasurable

yes

0

29

6.

Fellatio pleasurable

7.

8. Vaginal intercourse was UNpleasant 9. Hetero intercourse since surgery

10.

12.

life is better as a woman

11.

Masturbation after surgery · never did it

Do you have orgasm during intercourse

yes

14

73

7.3

33

33

0

none

42

25

yes

14

54

Is orgasm as a female better than as male yes

36

50

yes

6+

33

13.

Life is worse as a woman

yes

0

27

it.

Social role of woman more satisfying

67

43

than sex with a male

Sex with male more satisfying than social role

8

21

i

15. Socially more at ease as a woman

yes

100

80

16. Feminine role is too passive

yes

0

21

MOTIVES FOR HAVING SURGERY

17. Opportunity to wear pretty clothes

50

18.

Chance to be less aggressive

yes

19.

Chance to avoid masculine requirements yes

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37

14

66

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20.

To eliminate male self through

yes

++

90

penis amputation

21. Ability to have sex with a male

יי

80

intravaginally

22.

Life as a woman was NOT up to

0

27

expectations

23. life as a woman was BETTER than

yes

64

35

expected

24. Ability to have sex with male justifies

yes

10

53

surgery

25. Needed further genital surgery

45

3

There were other more practical questions asked too. For example, the hetero group were considerably better educated and had much higher incomes as men. Thus the drop in incomes was to less than half as wo- men among the heteros but only about 10% loss among the homosexuals. When you have less to begin with there isn't so far to fall.

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