n, but most people do not consider herdangerous. Males, on the other hand, with this behavior, tend tobe viewed as a public menace.Transvestites are similar to fetishists in that they aresexually excited by inanimate objects. But, transvestites go onestep further, and actually put on their fetishes, which are theclothes of the opposite sex. Because of the association withfemale clothing, transvestitism is easily confused withhomosexuality, but they are two quite separate patterns. Somehomosexuals do cross-dress, but these individuals are referred toas drag queens. ..according to one study of 262 transvestites(Buckner, 1970), the cast majority of transvestites think ofthemselves as heterosexuals.(Acocella 273) Transvestitism isthought to be relatively rare, but as with female sexualaberrations, the reported rarity may be due to lack of publicexposure of public alarm. Many transvestites lead quiet,conventional lives, cross-dressing in their own homes.Unlike transvestites, transsexuals-most of whom, again, aremales-believe that they truly do belong to the opposite sex. They consider their gender an ugly mistake. Cross-dressing on aregular basis, they do not feel the sexual arousal transvestitesfeel, but they feel relaxed. There have been few reported casesof transsexual cures-that is, of transsexuals reoriented intotheir biological gender, usually by changing their behavioraltechniques. Exhibitionism and voyeurism are the two sex offenses mostoften reported to the police. And, while both cases have victimsinvolved, exhibitionists and voyeurs are rarely dangerous. Despite this fact, they are almost always dealt with very harshlyin court on the assumption that if their case is tried lightly,they will go on to more serious crimes, such as rape. However,they are extremely likely to do so.In the most typical of exhibition cases, there is usually ayoung male, probably in an unhappy marriage. He experiences anirresistible impulse to ...
