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Autogynephilia Is a Flawed Framework for Understanding Female Embodiment Fantasies: A Response to Bailey and Hsu (2022)

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Serano, J.M., Veale, J.F. Autogynephilia Is a Flawed Framework for Understanding Female Embodiment Fantasies: A Response to Bailey and Hsu (2022). Arch Sex Behav 52, 473–477 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-022-02414-4

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