| Abstract: | The treatment of choice for transsexualism and transvestism is early identification and prevention, but the treatment of children with gender disturbances raises potential risks associated with the arbitrary nature of some sex-role distinctions in our culture. Potential risks are weighed against the potential benefits in the treatment of gender-disturbed boys. The psychological profession should promote greater social tolerance for individuals with deviant sex roles and individual tolerance in children for androgyny in their own sex roles. (19 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
