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== Terminology == | == Terminology == | ||
Alternate or similar terms include “gender identity disorder,” which was opposed by activists for characterizing the experience as a mental disorder, “gender incongruence,” and “transgenderism”.<ref>http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/pages/introduction.aspx</ref> | Alternate or similar terms include “gender identity disorder,” which was opposed by activists for characterizing the experience as a mental disorder, “gender incongruence,” and “transgenderism”.<ref name=":1">http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/gender-dysphoria/pages/introduction.aspx</ref> | ||
=== Gender Dysphoria vs. Gender Identity Disorder === | === Gender Dysphoria vs. Gender Identity Disorder === | ||
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The ways in which gender dysphoria affects teenagers and adults differs to the way that it affects children, this is primarily due to the pubertal development of the body and the influence of sexual desire on social relationships. These feelings can often be very difficult to deal with and, as a result, a high percentage of gender dysphoric individuals experience depression, and may feel isolated from their peers; there are high rates of self-abusive behaviours and suicide within the gender dysphoric demographic. Finding a way to interpret and communicate these feelings as a nonbinary individual, at any age, can be profoundly distressing due to the lack of nonbinary reference points within the dominant culture, even more-so when ones nonbinary identity is dismissed by others on that same basis. | The ways in which gender dysphoria affects teenagers and adults differs to the way that it affects children, this is primarily due to the pubertal development of the body and the influence of sexual desire on social relationships. These feelings can often be very difficult to deal with and, as a result, a high percentage of gender dysphoric individuals experience depression, and may feel isolated from their peers; there are high rates of self-abusive behaviours and suicide within the gender dysphoric demographic. Finding a way to interpret and communicate these feelings as a nonbinary individual, at any age, can be profoundly distressing due to the lack of nonbinary reference points within the dominant culture, even more-so when ones nonbinary identity is dismissed by others on that same basis. | ||
== Prevalence == | |||
Gender dysphoria is a rare condition, but the number of diagnosis is increasing due to the growing public awareness about it. However, this awareness doesn't avoid the prejudice and misunderstanding that many people face because of their condition. In the United Kingdom, approximately 1 in 4,000 people receive medical help for gender dysphoria, although there may be more people with gender dysphoria that don't seek medical help. On average, men are diagnosed with gender dysphoria five times more often than women.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
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[[Category:Concepts]] | [[Category:Concepts]] | ||