Benjamin Sex Orientation Scale (S.O.S.)
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Benjamin Sex Orientation Scale (S.O.S.)
Sex and Gender Disorientation and Indecision (Males)

PROFILETYPE I

TransvestitePseudo

TYPE II

TransvestiteFetishistic

TYPE III

TransvestiteTrue

TYPE IV

TranssexualNon-Surgical

TYPE V

TrueTranssexualModerateIntensity

TYPE VI

TrueTranssexualHighIntensity

Gender
"Feeling"
Masculine.Masculine.Masculine (but with less conviction).Uncertain. Wavering between TV and TS.Feminine "trapped in a malebody".Feminine. Total "psycho-sexual"inversion.
Dressing
habitsand
social life
Normal male life. May get a "kick" from"dressing". Not truly TV.Lives as a man. "Dresses" periodicallyor part-time. Dresses under male clothes."Dresses" constantly or as often aspossible. May live and be accepted as woman. May dress under malegarb."Dresses" often as possible withinsufficiant relief of gender discomfort. May live as man or woman.Lives and works as woman if possible. Insufficiantrelief from "dressing".May live & work as woman. Insufficiant relieffrom "dressing". Gender discomfort intense.
Sex object
choice and
sexlife
Hetero-, bi, or homosexual. "Dressing"and "sex change" in masturbation fantasy mainly.Heterosexual. Rarely bi. Masturbation with fetish.Feels guilt. "purges" and relapses.Heterosexual except when dressed. Dressing givessexual satisfaction, relief of gender discomfort. May purge, relapse.Libido low. Asexual or auto-erotic. Could be bi-sexual.Low libido. Asexual, auto-erotic, or passivelyhomosexual activity. May have been married an dhavechildren.Intensively desires relations with normal male as"female" id young; later libido low. May have been marriedand have children.
Conversion
operation
Not considered in reality.Rejected.Rejected but idea attractive.Attractive but not requested.Requested.Urgently requested & usuallyattained.
Estogen
medication
Not interested. Not indicated.Rarely interested. May help to reducelibido.Attractive as an experiment. Can behelpful.Needed for comfort & emotionalbalance.Needed as substitute or preliminary tooperation.Required for partial relief.
PsychotherapyNot wanted. Unnecessary.May be successful in favorableenvironment.If attempted, not usually successful as tocure.Only as guidance; otherwise refused orunsuccessful.Rejected. Useless as to cure. Permissivepsychological guidance.Psychological guidance or psychotherapy forsymptomatic relief only.
RemarksOnly sporatic interest in"dressing".May imitate M and F double personality with M andF names.May assume a double personality. Trend towardTSism.Social life dependant on circumstances.Operation hoped for and worked for, oftenattained.Despises his male organs; danger of suicide orself-mutilation if too longfrustrated.


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