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The resulting features of the organization would be a high level of rigidity and an inability to integrate and process information coming from an external reality, such as the body, leading to a serious disorder of body image. There would be no room for change or adaptation—one possibility only can be entertained. O n the other hand, if the A G I O has developed under the pre dominance of the depressive position, it can result in a more flexible structure, ambivalence over gender identity can be achieved, and sexual ambiguity can be present.
He seemed to have a strong need to be in close proximity to his mother, and several members of our team commented that his behaviour was reminiscent of Harlow's classic photographs of frightened rhesus macaque infants. Apart from his cross-gender identification, Charles's mother commented during an initial intake telephone interview that he was "very insecure". There was a two-year history of encopresis, and Charles talked about "hating school" because of peer teasing. He also worried that, if he attended school, he might "miss something" at home and someone might come there and hurt his mother.
One might say that in par ticular circumstances transvestic men wish to be in a female role and their cross-dressing is necessary to confirm a transitory sense of femaleness. Homosexuals have a largely male or female gender identity and gender role, but these people feel sexually attracted to people of the same sex. Bisexual people feel sexual attraction towards both sexes. Transsexuals perceive their gender identity as incongruous to their body, and they wish to develop a gender role consistent with their gender identity; however their sexual preferences can vary in that they can be heterosexual or homosexual in relationship to the gender that they perceive themselves belonging to.