tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post2104589612961829916..comments2024-02-25T22:43:04.662-08:00Comments on Crossdreamers: Spellbound transgenderSally Molayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02015510914816971645noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-71539789169642745572011-10-11T23:26:16.216-07:002011-10-11T23:26:16.216-07:00@Kathryn
That was the method of Carl Gustav Jung....@Kathryn<br /><br />That was the method of Carl Gustav Jung. He decided to talk to his inner "complexes" and through those conversations he managed to get a better understanding of who they were (i.e what these parts of his psyche represented).Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-83536989946232444352011-10-11T19:50:00.909-07:002011-10-11T19:50:00.909-07:00One very interesting aspect of our relationship wi...One very interesting aspect of our relationship with these beings is that it takes us to release them from their spellbound state. In the context in which you have framed your essay this could be a conversation. This act of releasing cures their spell and moves them from the position of power, ensnaring and submerging to a position of foundation. I am grateful you raised this though your writing.Kathryn Dumkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054997856180869508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-13921701142501664572011-10-11T09:56:16.228-07:002011-10-11T09:56:16.228-07:00What a very enjoyable read Jack! You have suggeste...What a very enjoyable read Jack! You have suggested a new and personally challenging perspective on mythology and art. Thank you.<br /><br />I have featured it on T-Central.Hallehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847654451426257182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-89588657574126669842011-10-08T11:28:31.511-07:002011-10-08T11:28:31.511-07:00Thanks for this interesting essay, Jack. I love fa...Thanks for this interesting essay, Jack. I love fairy tales (and this kind of artwork), and I am interested in the fundamental truths about our natures that fairy tales express.<br /><br />You write: 'I am pretty much convinced that the sexual fantasies and the urge to crossdress is the psyche's way of trying to rebalance the mind. There is a part that has been suppressed, by family, friends and society, a part that will not be denied and that needs to find a voice.'<br /><br />Yes, I like to think so too. Well put. xDeborah Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17251775114982350453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-90261028415835444502011-10-08T07:41:34.834-07:002011-10-08T07:41:34.834-07:00There seems to be at least two dimensions to this,...There seems to be at least two dimensions to this, as far as I can see. One is the desire to have a female body. There is not reliable data on how many crossdreamers and crossdressers dream about having a female body. I suspect that a majority of them do - may be all to some degree. <br /><br />It is interesting to note that crossdresser guress Virginia Prince, who vehemently denied that she was a transsexual and who argued that bodily changes was not necessary for a <i>man</i> (her term, not mine) to express a feminine gender, nevertheless changed her own body by means of hormones. She wanted a woman's body after all.<br /><br />So I think that the longing for a female body is common both for those ensnared by the elf and those taken over by the hulder. <br /><br />However, I found it useful to make use of the two types of "otherworldly" creatures as they point to two different expressions of the inner woman. <br /><br />One is found in the need to express stereotypical feminine personality traits, often through cross dressing. The other is more focused on the desire to have sex as a woman. These two are, of course, often overlapping.<br /><br />As for stereotypical traits: In the Western world these are often expressed in the following female/male dichotomies: <br /><br /><i>passive/agressive, weak/strong, empathic/analytical, submissive/dominant, verbal/spatial, introvert/extrovert, and sexual/asexual.<br /></i><br />In the real world women and men share all these traits, as do crossdreamers, but sometimes a male to female crossdreamer with a "feminine" personality profile may use his crossdressing/crossdreaming to express traits that is forbidden in his cultural context. Likewise a female bodied person may dress up and act like a man to allow herself to express her "masculine" personality. <br /><br />The terms "masculine" and "feminine" have to be put within quotation marks as it makes no sense to say that all men are extrovert etc.Jack Molayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03629363646482611722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2472400923228993687.post-15231794076746192722011-10-07T09:29:13.906-07:002011-10-07T09:29:13.906-07:00"To the extent the inner woman represents the..."To the extent the inner woman represents the need to express stereotypical "feminine" personality traits, she is like the ensnaring elf. To the extent she represents the need to express female sexual instincts, she is like the hulder. Women are, like men, highly sexually charged beings."<br /><br />You need to illustrate the meaning of the stereotypical feminine traits. Do you mean being sexually passive or coy is a feminine trait? Or the urge to have a female body?<br />Or the desire to be masochistic?Namratanoreply@blogger.com