Induced Submissive Behavior and Gender Dysphoria in Biologically Normal Males
by R.B. Taylor
Induced Submissive Behavior and Gender Dysphoria in Biologically Normal Males
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Abstract: This article attempts a dispassionate outline of
practices normally dealt with only in sensationalistic
literature: namely, the induction and maintenance of
hypersubmissive behavior in biologically normal male
humans, including induced fetishism, transvestism, and
eonistic (transsexual) states.
The induction and maintenance of hypersubmissive behavior
in biologically normal males has been reported in the
sensational press for some time. These reports surface in
stories of female-dominant "training" of male subjects to
satisfy the female's individual standard of dominant
behavior until the male subjects become psychologically
dependent on the female "trainer" and become highly plastic
personalities. Many of the accounts can be dismissed as
fantastic in nature, but the recurring theme points to a
need for more serious investigation. This process of
serious investigation has been hindered by lack of reliable
accounts and by popular voyeuristic reporting of the
condition.
Occasional role and power reversal fantasies are usually
recognized as being within the range of observed normal
behavior. Such fantasies (with limited acting-out) may
occur as part of the healthy development of the
heterosexual couple. The male may become bored with the
role of aggressor, the female may wish to demonstrate overt
seductive behavior. The role and power reversal fantasy may
account for some, but not all, of the pseudo-
sadomasochistic practices (occasional restraint of partner
by mutual consent, for example) observed in both clinical
and popular literature.
Unfortunately, little statistical evidence about the
prevalence of this fantasy subtype exists. Anecdotal
responses by males in responses to survey questions may be
misleading because of shame-based reactions to being
thought "less than virile" in the eyes of a masculinist
culture.
In this study, we present a practical methodology for
accomplishing submissiveness training and the induction of
extremely submissive, even cross-gender behavior in the
biologically normal male by chemical, psychological,
hypnotic, and physical means. The methodology is a
composite based on in-depth surveys of two feminist-
dominant couples. We will cover selection, early
destabilization of masculinist personality traits, induced
hyper-aestheticism, extermination of masculine
characteristics, induced transvestism and culminate in one
case of induced transsexualism.
We shall use the term trainer for the female-dominant
member of the couple and the term subject for the male
submissive member.
Setting Expectations
It is perhaps little surprise that the largest long term
problem in such relationships results from the enormous
emotional investment the trainer places in the subject.
While the cultural model of the more emotionally open male
has been touted in much popular literature, a completely
emotionally open subject can be a drain on the trainer's
psychological resources. Care should be taken to set
realistic expectation levels during training of the subject
both for the subject's progress toward dependency and for
the establishment of "obedience responses" toward the
trainer. Complete conversion of the subject from a
traditional to a hypersubmissive affect may require as much
as five year's effort. Of course, radical approaches
exist, but in the context of the couples studied, it was
noted that the subjects volunteered for more radical
transformations once the initial processing had begun.
Neither trainer had recourse to violence or physical
punishment as a means of securing the desired results.
Indeed, these methods avoided the sensationalistic model of
humiliation experiences and focused on mutuality and
sharing of emotional states as a motivator for the
transformation of the subject.
Selection
The ideal subject would have little emotional binding to
any family situation, be sexually adventurous, have a
strong self-image (necessary to avoid excessive
transference during destruction of the masculinist
personality), and have a strong sense of humor. A
fascination with women in general and a deep appreciation
of qualities traditionally associated with femininity are
also highly desirable. Males whose vocational or business
interests involve high aesthetic training (artists, beauty
professionals, poets) appear to be promising candidates.
So-called "liberated men" who are already questioning their
role and the consequences of masculinist culture provide
ideal subjects.
Physical qualities the trainer finds attractive will also
play a role in selection of the subject. Both examples
interviewed were remarkable from the standpoint of their
selection: sexual dimorphism between the trainer and the
subjects was relatively low. Both trainers were the same
approximate height and weight as their subjects. For
reasons which will be enumerated later, an ectomorphic
somatotype yields the most promising candidates for
advanced training. Fine facial features are a plus, but
not wholly necessary.
Selection of the male may proceed from casual dating to
early sexual situations, in which sexual adventurism and a
sense of acting out "forbidden" fantasies of power and role
reversal can be tried. Subjects showing strong aversion to
such practices should be eliminated. Although
unsubstantiated reports indicate that these males can be
trained effectively, no substantive evidence has been
presented that this can indeed be accomplished.
The wise trainer will develop extensive hypnotic and
neurolinguistic programming skill before beginning a
conversion of a subject as the services of sympathetic
professionals are often difficult to secure, and are often
prohibitively expensive.
Additionally, a suitable setting for conversion is a great
asset. A physical location that affords minimal disruption
and minimial possiblity of outside interference is a great
benefit to any potential trainer. It is important that the
subject's contact with others be limited during the early
phase of the extermination of the masculinist personality.
Early destabilization of masculinist traits
On the whole, progress toward androgynous child rearing has
been appalling slow. Despite a generation of children
reared since the early days of the feminist enlightenment,
gender stereotyping is still promoted by parental behavior
patterns. This may be a result of prevalent homophobic
value systems, or it may represent an atavistic response
to the two-career family - the psychological stress and
time pressures of the two-career couple leave little time
for the individualized attention that a truly gender
neutral environment requires for assimilation.
Thus, subjects will resist early attempts at overt
effeminization though a combination of defensive reactions
and shame-based behaviors. "I couldn't color my hair [in a
bright color] like that- I have to go to work!" or "I'd
feel silly wearing eyeshadow!" despite the fact that either
procedure may result in a dramatic improvement in the
subject's normal (and at this phase, still masculine)
appearance, when done discreetly as a prelude to
intensified versions in the subject to follow.
The effective trainer will overcome resistance in four
ways:
1. Through the use of chemical euphorics which render the
subject more open to "experimenting" with its identity.
Although sensationalist literature cites the need for
large amounts of chemical intervention at this stage to
disorient the subject and increase its dependence on the
trainer, our research indicates that this may be
counterproductive. Through a combination of chemical
disorientation and the items below, early extermination
of masculine behavior can be achieved. However, such
early massive pharmacological intervention to accomplish
the extermination of the masculinist personality traits
may leave the subject excessively dependent on the
trainer, (which poses a burden for her) or worse yet,
neurochemically damaged and unsuitable for further
training. Some authors in the sensationalist literature
have advocated large doses of hypnotics or hallucinogens
at this stage in the hope of producing retro-amnesiac
states. This practice appears to be undesirable both
from the unreliable quality characteristics of commonly
supplied street-available hypnotics and hallucinogens,
and because the use of euphorics better prepares the
subject to willingly explore the next stage of
transformation. Low continuous doses of tranquilizers
such as Valium appear to be most effective, both for the
ataractic properties and because they may be readily
obtained in pharmacologic form of known quality.
Effectiveness appears to be increased if they are
administered covertly, at least at first, and if
pharmacological therapy is of at least two month's
duration.
2. Through the use of both overt and covert behavioralist
techniques to condition the subject's psychological
reflexes and defense mechanisms. This may include the
granting or withholding of sexual favors. Behavior
conditioning that emphasizes emotional expression and
androgynous activity is appropriate in this category.
The subject should be encouraged to proceed through
internal conflict resolution almost as if in a
conventional psychotheraputic setting. The difference
between training and conventional theraputic settings is
that the trainer will deliberately encourage the
transference of positive feelings to herself and
encourage rather than discourage emotional dependence
on the part of the subject. It is important to resolve
these more conventional problems (aggression, youth
experiences, etc.) for two reasons: One, dealing with
deeply felt emotions will enable more positive
transference to the supportive trainer. Two, by
resolving conventional conflicts early the induction of
extreme submissivity can be achieved by exploiting the
gratitude of the subject. This may lay the groundwork
for induced eonism at a later date, and makes successful
reassignment quicker and easier, as much of the basic
psychotheraputic screening of eonists will be already
accomplished.
Sexually rewarding androgynous behaviors and encouraging
more inter-gender sex play will lay a foundation for the
later and more complete destruction of the masculine
personality traits. Particularly effective techniques
include the appeal to the spirit of adventurousness
required on the part of the subject. If the subject
can be led to think that androgynization (at this stage
still conducted in the couple's more private moments)
is an expression of sexual daring and is lavishly
rewarded sexually for experimenting, then it will be
easier to move to more traditionally feminine behaviors
on the part of the subject.
3. By emphasizing the masculinist-ego gratifying component:
The optimal approach appears to be an appeal to
security: "Only a man really secure about his
masculinity would have the courage to try [the intended
procedure]." This allows the subject to justify the
behavior as an experiment, and therefore the behavior is
less likely to be viewed as a direct assault on the
subject's masculinist ego. Of course, the resulting
internal conflict that occurs as the result of
contrasting hypermasculinist cultural programming with
the androgyny-rewarding behavior of the (overtly female)
trainer can be exploited. This is made all the easier
because of cultural conditioning that alienates the
subject from the nature of its own emotional state. The
trainer steps in to resolve the conflict through
reassurance and gentle encouragement of even more
"adventurous" sex-play, and the subject may be drawn
further toward demasculinization.
4. Hypnotherapy and neuro-linguistic programming are
extremely effective when introduced at this stage.
Pretexts to have the subject enter therapy abound:
cessation of a smoking habit, stress reduction, etc.,
can all be used as a reason to introduce the subject to
mind-control technology which can then be exploited by
the trainer. An ideal situation is to have the
therapist as a covert partner in the activity. Hypnosis
can be used to relax the subject and break down
defensive mechanisms, so that the subject can truly
afford to enjoy the attention being given by the
trainer. Neurolinguistic programming may be used to
gradually initiate new sexual fantasies focusing on the
rewarding of the subject by the trainer for appropriate
(i.e., androgynous or even feminine) behavior.
The traditional cautions have to be emphasized that
hypnosis cannot break down willpower completely, and
that even advanced hypnotic states cannot override the
basic morality of the subject. However, the hypnotic
state may be used to induce confusion about the
subject's psychosexual identity, which the trainer can
then aid in resolving toward her objectives when the
subject is returned to a conscious state. This is
especially effective if the trainer inserts her own
goals in the context of a fantasy-sharing experience.
The hypnotic state introduces these shared goals at a
subliminal level, and the context of fantasy provides a
"safe escape" for the remaining masculinist personality.
At this stage the ultimate objective must not be
revealed to the subject, thus the emphasis on fantasy-
sharing and subliminal manipulation.
Biofeedback and brain-wave alteration devices have not
been evaluated for effectiveness by either couple in this
study.
Sadomasochistic Phase
Despite claims in the sensational literature, there is
no evidence that a fully developed sadomasochistic phase
is required to induce hypersubmissive or cross-gender
behavior in the subject. Of course, it may be the easiest
way for the trainer to assume the single dominant role in
the relationship, and the most directly intelligible to the
subject. If this technique is chosen, training should
emphasize instilling in the subject a deep desire to
pleasure the trainer, no matter what the nature of the
request. Aversion therapy to masculine behavior has been
employed late in this phase, usually focusing on physical
punishment for failure to satisfy the trainer. It is the
experience of both couples in this study that no aversion
therapy was necessary, and where proper foundations for the
hypersubmissive personality were established, the subjects
willingly and easily assumed their new role in the
relationship.
Induced Hyper-asetheticism
Several commentators have postulated that gender dysphoria
in a biologically normal male may be traced to hyper-
aesthetic personality traits. These traits include:
* Hypersenstivity to environmental stimuli
* Narcissism
* Inability to "control" emotional state (as
considered gender appropriate by the culture)
To deal with these opportunities, the wise trainer will
exploit two culturally induced masculine characteristics:
* The state of being separated from their own body
awareness outside a conventional sexual context
(which accounts, in part, for the egocentric sexual
performance of many conventional males).
* The state of being separated from their emotional
condition.
Conventional masculinist culture places a premium on
suppressing sensory stimuli and hyperrational ideation.
Males are conditioned to "think through" a situation
"rationally" as a way of differentiating themselves from
feminine individuals, who are conditioned to place a
higher value on empathy and both biological and physical
self-awareness. These are weaknesses which can be
exploited by the astute trainer.
During this phase, ataractic pharmacotherapy should be
increased, and may be administered overtly depending on
the subject. This modifies inhibition reactions in the
subject and allows conditioning to proceed.
It is during this phase that sensual behavior should be
exploited to its fullest. Remembering the basic inability
of the subject to fully comprehend its own state, flooding
the sensory inputs of the subject with novel stimuli
(particularly sensual-sexual stimuli) are an effective way
of breaking down the masculinist self-concept.
The subject should now be initiated in limited ways into
an overtly androgynous life style. Using the pretext of
updating its image, the trainer may usefully initiate the
subject to more extensive cosmetic use. Emphasize the
positive reaction from other females and the resultant
improvement in the subject's appearance. Sexually reward
experimentation. A useful addition to pharmacotherapy is
to increase sedation before planned exercises in image
modification, and to continue increased dosage until sexual
reward has been granted, thus increasing the effectiveness
of the behavioral conditioning.
Particularly useful is the introduction of body and skin-
care practices, which may be used to focus the subject's
awareness inward. Cosmetic practices that require
"passive" participation by the subject (done in
professional settings to the subject and requiring time to
process [e.g., heat activated hair conditioners]) may be
useful, as they begin to build a pattern of future
submission to the trainer's tastes and a pattern of
allowing the subject's image to be manipulated with their
willing participation. One of the study couples reported
excellent results when the trainer administered 10mg of
Valium, hypnotized the subject, and then proceeded to
direct extensive modification of the subject's appearance
(although not overt effeminization at this stage).
These attempts at building a narcissistic experience need
reinforcement from other means: Neurolinguistic
programming is vitally important as a means of refocusing
parts of the subject's fantasy life inward on emotional
gratification that comes from physical "pampering" and the
emotional attention granted by the trainer.
The trainer should also encourage the subject to display
a full emotional range, beginning in the privacy of the
domestic environment. Particularly important is the
development of a grief processing mechanism, focusing on
using crying as a release for pent-up senses of loss and
frustration. Loss of emotional defense should be
encouraged. All dependency is to be transferred to the
trainer at this point.
During this phase of training, the subject should be
encouraged to take up an aesthetic hobby: cosmetology,
flower arranging, gourmet cooking, needlepoint, art, and
knitting are all useful as shared activities which bond the
subject to the experience of the trainer.
The practical benefits of such hobbies should not be
underestimated: where the trainer elects to exterminate
the masculinist personality completely, these hobbies may
serve as the basis of new income producing skills (as most
subjects entering the next phase of training will have to
confront the consequences of behavior considered "gender-
inappropriate" in the workplace. All these activities
require developed sensitivity and attention to detail in a
context which can become a shared pastime between trainer
and subject. The sense of completely shared experience
will serve as the emotional basis for the next phase, which
involves substituting identification with the trainer for
the sharing experiences building now.
This phase also presents the opportunity to construct
the basis of the hypersubmissive personality. While some
trainers elect to stop at this point, this article will
continue through additional phases.
Developing the hypersubmissive behaviors can now be easily
accomplished by a combination of behavior modification
technique to reward the subject, and a mix of hypnosis and
neurolinguistic programming to instill a strong desire to
please the trainer. This should be exaggerated until the
subject does not consider the consequences of its behavior:
alteration of emotional state on voice command of the
trainer, induced physical responses to voice commands
(e.g., sexual display), or alteration of the fulfillment
mechanisms to voice or non-verbal command (e.g., the
subject automatically rejecting argument in favor of
submission during emotional discussions or directed changes
in food, clothing or color preferences).
These practices are aimed at a common point: increasing
sensual experience as mediated by the trainer. Proper
conditioning results in the subject having euphoric
reactions to the experimentation, revelling in both the
attention of the trainer and the physical experience of
being processed. The trainer then can move on to the
induction of psychological dependence by rewarding the
behavior so as to reinforce it. This phase should take
between six to ten months.
Preparation of the subject for further training includes
planning career changes to a more androgynous
vocation. Skills acquired and interest shown during the
"hobby training" started now can be used to provide a basis
for a new economic identity. Neurolinguistic programming
appears to be the most effective vehicle for accomplishing
this task.
One other practical innovation should be discussed at
this point. This phase is the last good opportunity
to initiate the subject in the performance of domestic
duties: laundry, housekeeping, cooking, food shopping,
etc., all can be turned into excellent practical advantage,
particularly if the subject is unable to make a vocational
change immediately. The practical result is that a
reduction in total income may be felt, but it will be in
part compensated for by the reduction in outside service
expense for domestic chores now performed by the subject.
Reward for good performance reinforces these practical
skills, and builds pride in the subject's growing mastery
of the traditionally feminine role. Letting this key
component of training start past this phase may result in
the induced hyper-aetheticism and narcissism, but with the
side effect of lowering the available contribution of the
subject to the couple's domestic economy.
While this phase is ending, best results seemed to occur
with the gradual withdrawal of Valium pharmacotherapy
toward the end of the cycle, combined with the usual
supportive measures. This is in preparation for the next
phase of training, in which the pharmacological
equirements switch from assisting ataraxis to producing
euphoric reactions.
Exterminating Masculinist Traits
The complete breakdown of gender identification of the
subject is the next phase of training. The base for
hypersubmissive behavior having been formed, further
changes can be more easily made as the subject's desire to
please the trainer makes it even more plastic.
A key change is this phase is a change in pharmacotherapy:
In order to establish the base of a traditionally feminine
personality, euphorics rather than simple ataractics are
called for as part of the protocol. One trainer reported
good results with Tranxene, given at conventional
pharmacologic levels. Trainers are strongly advised to
follow dispensing cautions. The other trainer found
Reserpil to be the medication of choice. Reserpil has more
complicated side effects than Tranxene, but one stands out
as potentially desirable for this use: the administration
of Reserpil sometimes induces gynecomastia (enlargement of
the breast tissues) in biologically normal males.
Vocational change is the first major step of this phase,
which involves separating the subject from the reality of
its former existence. Even if the subject is not yet able
to fully exercise the productive skills taught in the
previous phase, it is preferable that the subject
contribute only to the domestic economy in non-cash forms
rather than that the subject to continue its former way of
life. Of course, if opportunity exists to obtain gainful
outside employment in a career traditionally viewed as
"feminine", so much the better.
The vocational change now serves as the pretext for the
first true realignment of the subject's gender identity.
Using preparation for its new role as an introduction,
the trainer should now concentrate on gradually crossing
from androgynization to outright effeminization of the
subject: removal of all remaining body hair (preferably
permanently), brow shaping, hair coloring, and the
frank application of makeup in accordance with the desire
to produce a credible feminine appearance and the trainer's
personal tastes are but a beginning. The subject should be
encouraged (via hypnosis and neurolinguistic programming)
to increase its overtly feminine appearance: "feminine"
clothing introduced over a six- to eight- month period
should now be completely substituted for its previous
apparel. Do not allow the subject to dress in
unrestrictive clothing at this stage: even jeans, for
example, may remind the subject of its previous masculinist
experience and send a mixed message which undercuts the
trainer's authority.
One technique that proved effective was for the trainer
to enter the subject for a complete professional cosmetic
make-over at this stage while in a pharmacological euphoria
reinforced through post-hypnotic suggestion. The induced
gender confusion was further rewarded by behavior therapy
when the couple returned home, with the result that the
subject actually looked forward to future sessions on its
own.
Combine the pharmacological therapy with further behavior
training at this stage. The trainer should encourage the
subject using the basic four techniques discussed during
the de-stabilization process, with an important change: the
desire to please the trainer (upon whom the subject has now
become emotionally dependent) is substituted for the
gratification of the masculinist ego, which should now be
ruthlessly suppressed. This outer transformation into
overtly feminine aspect is more easily accomplished with an
ectomorphic subject, as the basic body frame will need
minimum cosmetic change to produce a convincingly feminine
appearance. Ectomorphic bodies can often get by without
recourse to specially fitted apparel, which reduces cost of
the transformation. If size difference between the trainer
and the subject is low, the ectomorphic subject may provide
the option of simply sharing the trainer's wardrobe, which
has the added benefit of increasing identification with the
trainer even further, and reinforces the building equation
between its newly acknowledged feminine nature and the
historically feminine trainer. Endomorphs will often
require special attention to diet and exercise programs to
achieve suitable body shapes for a pleasing transformation
in appearance. The classic mesomorphic male body is least
promising of all, (due to shoulder/chest/waist/hip ratios)
but with suitable attention to detail and the cooperation
of a number of stores catering to transvestites, may be
externally effeminized with moderately good results.
Additionally, the sexual cycle of the subject often needs
modification. By a combination of good technique and
reward, the subject should be encouraged to be relatively
insensitive to penile stimulus after the excitement phase.
Teach the subject to focus on foreplay and elongate
the plateau phase of the sexual act. Induce long-duration
post-orgasmic sensations of extreme pleasure. This will
allow the trainer to produce a male anatomy with a female
arousal cycle, overcoming the normal male's problem of too
short a sexual cycle time from arousal to post-orgasmic
"afterglow". Obviously, this requires the trainer to
postpone her own gratification temporarily during training
to produce a sexual cycle in the subject more closely
matched to her own needs. This is yet another example of
how the serious trainer must face the reality of the
responsibility she has taken on for both members of the
pair.
Neurolinguistic programming should be stepped up, with
an emphasis on identification with the trainer and the
introduction of new fantasies centered on union with her
(by fulfilling her commands and desires) as the basis for
the new priorities in the subject's life. Response to
basic voice command should be perfected now, with an eye
toward satisfying the subject with simple verbal rewards:
these rewards should praise the subject's feminine
characteristics: "How pretty you are!" or "Good girl!" can
be used as trigger phrases for a post-hypnotic suggestion
that creates intense pleasure in the subject and can be
used as the basis for further behavior modification.
An important choice is now one of a gender-appropriate name
for the subject. For trainers wishing to retain completely
feminine behavior of their subjects to the domestic
setting, an androgynous name (e.g., Robin, Chris, Kim,
Lynn) has advantages. For trainers with higher standards
who desire total effeminization of their subjects, a
completely unambiguous name should be chosen: (e.g., Diana,
Barbara, etc.) appropriate for the trainers culture and
preference. This may be used as a "pet name" at first, but
for more lasting results this procedure appears useful:
Renaming the subject consists of a series of hypnotic and
neurolinguistic programming sessions focusing on the
subject's desire for a new identity, and the creation of
minor psychological discomfort in the subject with the
inappropriateness of its existing name. The trainer once
again steps in to resolve the conflict by offering a new
identity more appropriate to the subject's expressed
gender, which reinforces her image as protector and
provider of all that is good in the subject's life.
One important consideration at this stage is the decision
by the trainer as to whether or not the subject should
retain any identification with its former life,
particularly memories of a childhood of a different
gender than it clearly has now. This is a difficult
decision and has important practical consequences.
On the one hand, exterminating any memory of the subject's
past life and the substitution of a suitable biographic
fantasy allows for maximum control over the subject. A
combination of increased Tranxene therapy and daily or even
twice daily hypnotic and neurolinguistic programming
sessions may be required to completely disorient the
subject from its life history. Ideally, these should be
assisted by the professional who first introduced these
practices. Do not expect this phase to take less than four
months. Six months' duration appears "average." This is why
a subject with few or weak ties to family or location is
preferable. However, this makes the subject's
psychological attachment to and dependence on the trainer
unshakeable.
For maximum effectiveness, a change of even geographic
location (giving both trainer and subject "a fresh start
in a new place" with their new identities) has significant
advantages, although an abrupt overt move may raise legal
questions if the subject has family importantly concerned
with the subject's status.
A complete break with the subject's past may open up
the possibility that the subject's relatives may attempt
to kidnap the subject for interrogation (claiming "he"
has fallen under some kind of "cult" influence). A
properly trained subject whose identity is firmly centered
around the trainer can easily tolerate examination in such
a way as to convince even experts that this change was
initiated and approved by the subject, although it is
better to avoid conflict and any possibility of disturbing
the subject's programming. Fortunately, suitable
precautions against deprogramming should be easy at this
stage. Well planned moves that result in the covert removal
of both trainer and subject to new locations with new legal
identities are still the best way to continue complete
control.
If the subject is allowed to retain memories of "her"
past, they should be suitably modified to insert a cross-
gender desire from the earliest times. This may leave a
subject with minor residual self-awareness, but it is the
easier and more practical choice if the trainer does not
desire to relocate and/or desires to avoid any questions
about the process from the subject's relatives.
The introduction of the most fantastic sexual practices
will be eagerly welcomed by the subject at this stage,
and the trainer has now has as her reward an eagerly
obedient, classically conditioned, and completely
effeminized mate, who can serve as lover, best friend,
and companion (which due to cultural training conventional
males cannot attempt), as well as a fantasy-partner and
source of ego-gratification to the trainer.
A last important step of this phase is the removal of
pharmacotherapy as a means of control over the subject, who
has by now internalized a desire to please the trainer to a
sufficient degree that pharmacotherapy should now be used
as a special reward or reinforcement rather than as a
routine procedure.
Hypnotic and neurolinguistic programming should be stepped
up during withdrawl of pharmacotherapy, and then reduced to
maintenance levels.
Induced inter-sexualism
At this point, many trainers simply stop: a completely
submissive transvestite mate who can share and appreciate
all her interests and tastes may well be enough for any
trainer. However, some other steps may be in order.
An important additional pharmacotherapy may be instituted
now: the administration of feminizing hormones to the
subject to complete a female upper body profile, depending
on the tastes of the trainer. As a practical matter,
feminizing the subject to this level requires little
additional effort and has the positive character of making
"her" role in the world more natural and easier. In
particular, suitably clothing the subject is made easier
because of the enhancement of choice and the greater ease
of shopping together for new garments.
Administration of Estinyl or Premarin, and Brevicon
or Norinyl in the appropriate dosage cycle have proven
effective in recontouring the body and inducing secondary
female sexual characteristics.
Trainers may induce a self-directed breast fetishism in the
subject, allowing the subject to more fully share a common
sexual arousal feeling with the trainer as a reward. This
shared sexual feeling, coupled with the modification to the
subject's sexual cycle completed in the previous phase
results in an extremely plastic inter-gender partner
trained to a peak of responsiveness.
In addition, if the feminizing hormones are administered
in such a way as to correspond to the natural menstrual
cycle of the trainer, more complete identification can
be achieved, although this risks producing a biological
source of potential conflict if difficult or painful
menstruation is the common experience of the trainer, who
must take care to induce pseudo-menstrual behavior
in the subject as a way of increasing identification and
sympathy for the trainer, carefully avoiding producing
a complimentary pre-menstrual syndrome in the subject. It
should be noted that administration of feminizing hormones
typically results in libido changes in the subject, but
modification of the subject's psychosexual state may now
lead to orgasmic reactions even if physical orgasm is not
possible or supressed.
Subjects conditioned to this degree represent a compromise
in partner choices for the trainer, but a positive
compromise: the advantage of satisfaction by a male
anatomy, the possibility of pregnancy (if desired), while
allowing for complete satisfaction of the trainer's needs
by the now overtly intersexual partner which allows the
fulfillment of homoerotic fantasy within the context of
heterosexual contact. The subject can be trained to any
selected degree of emotional sensitivity and support
appropriate for the continued pleasure of the trainer.
Shared behaviors and responses allow closer bonding than
would be possible with a conventional male. In some sense,
the trainer risks becoming involved in mutual dependence
relationships with the subject, who has by now been so
conditioned to attend to the trainer's needs and wants that
those needs and wants cannot be easily fulfilled by another
partner.
Induced Eonism
One of the two couples whose experience form the basis of
this article has opted for a complete transformation of
formerly male partner. D., aged 26, after five years'
training, is now a candidate for sexual reassignment
surgery. This process is not complete at the time of
writing, but progress has been rapid.
Since the subject has already lived as a female for more
than three years, and has independently begun taking
feminizing hormones for more than 18 months, medical
evaluation leading to a diagnosis of eonism was swift.
Indeed, the subject has so completely identified with the
female aspects of her trainer that no other conclusion
appeared possible. Early monitoring and adjustment of
hormonal therapy is giving rapid progress toward a
completely female body structure. Limited plastic surgery
has been performed to reshape the subject's brow ridges and
remove the male throat cartilage, as well as narrow the
nasal aspect. These changes taken together have completed
a final external effeminization that makes the subject
undetectable as a genetic male except by pubic examination.
Given limited access to her medical records, we cannot
definitively comment on the success of her planned
operation in four month's time, but relay the diagnosis of
her physicians that her prognosis is excellent. Her
trainer has indicated her willingness to live with her
friend (and current legal husband) to the medical
community, ostensibly as a support mechanism to the
subject. Both D. and her trainer (the use of the
masculine possessive seems inappropriate now) report that
they are happy with the decision and report that their
personal affection and mutual dependence is more important
than the conventional view of the sexual relationship.
Long Term Considerations
There are a number of issues to be confronted in the long-
term care and maintenance of these subjects:
1. In both cases, the extermination of previous personality
required extensive work in rebuilding a suitable and
credible biographic fiction for the subject, as simple
amnesia of all past life proved too disturbing to
tolerate.
2. In both cases, the subject must spend a large part of
its remaining life in a state of hypnotic trance or
post-hypnotic suggestion. This requires a significant
investment of time and emotional resource to maintain.
If the subject is allowed to be conventionally conscious
for long periods, induced amnesia and the restructuring
of personality effectively prevents regression to a
normal masculinist personality. However, self-awareness
may lead to independent functioning of the subject's
ego, which is what hypersubmissiveness training seeks
to avoid.
A secondary effect is that the subject cannot be allowed
employment which requires high degrees of concentration
or mental activity. This may eventually "dull down" the
personality of the subject and reduce its value to the
trainer in its role as companion. Shared mental
stimulation is important to retain its value to the
trainer. This must be mediated by the trainer and
directed by her, and may require significant effort.
3. The hypersubmissive subject displays extreme anxiety at
separation from the trainer for more than the briefest
intervals or when left alone in an unstructured setting.
Care must be taken lest the subject develop depressive
conditions during required abscenses of the trainer for
more than a few day's duration, as suicidal ideation may
ensue.
4. The biological effects of administering large doses of
feminizing hormones to biologically normal males may
include increased risk of thrombosis or myocardial
infarction and increased risk of some kinds of cancers.
During peak administration, signs of depression have
also been noted. It is important to have suitable,
competent medical monitoring of the subject.
5. Subjects on long term psychopharmacologic therapy should
be closely monitored and dispensing instructions should
be carefully followed. Particular caution should
be exercised when combining alcohol with any ataractic
or euphoric. Trainers are cautioned to have the subject
avoid all alcohol consumption during its training, or
provide suitable non-alcoholic substitutes. Under no
circumstances should the trainer be taking any
psychoactive drugs herself during the time the subject
is being medicated, as she is now responsible for the
physical and mental well being of both individuals
during training, and cannot afford to make mistakes in
dispensing these powerful medications.
6. For those contemplating either the administration of
feminizing hormones or the induction of an eonistic
state, recall that the while the effects of hormonal
therapy are at least in principle reversible through
radical mastectomy, surgical reassignment of sex is not
reversible in any satisfactory way. While the male-to-
female transformation is comparatively uncomplicated,
there is as yet no good reliable procedure to construct
a phallus. Therefore the couple must be very sure that
this extra step is indeed what they want, and ideally
the subject should be allowed sufficient consciousness
to participate (albeit in a limited way) in the
decision.
7. Complete conversion of a subject is an expensive and
time consuming process. A minimum investment of
US$250,000 will be required, and long term costs may
raise the total cost to over US$800,000. This means that
financial resources adequate to begin the task must be
acquired before proceeding, and that it is likely that
the subject will be required to devote its lifetime
earnings after transformation to pay for its processing.
Couples without adequate resources are advised not to
proceed into later stages of training. A five to eight
year committment is required to completely process a
subject in the manner described.
8. The trainer must confront the moral responsibility for
directing such an extensive change in another's life.
There is no way to simply "return" the subject to its
condition prior to training, although one report came to
our attention of a trainer who could no longer cope with
the burden, and induced conventional insanity with the
goal of allowing conventional therapy to restore an
independent condition (but not the original condition)
to the subject. This produced a depressive reaction in
the trainer, as she took it as a "failure" of her
ability, and it was required that she enter
psychotherapy to deal with guilt-associated feelings.
The subject was reported as having been committed for
long term psychiatric hospitalization and no further
information was available. At least this should serve
as a cautionary note.
A Personal aside
During the six months it took to research this article, and
over fifty interviews (which were not recorded except as
notes at the couples' request), we found our own
perspective shifting. At first, interest in the topic for
academic research shifted into a faint feeling of
personal antipathy for any person who could so completely
and methodically destroy the individuality of another.
Despite strong convictions that our current masculinist
chauvinist culture is in desperate need of replacement,
we questioned whether this was appropriate, or whether
this practice merely involved reverse exploitation that
left the trainers as morally guilty as the chauvinists.
Yet in both cases, based on separate interviews with the
subjects while not in the trainer's influence, we could
not help but be surprised by the apparent satisfaction and
happiness of the subjects (even when measured by
psychological tests of personality and attitude). Perhaps
there exists in all of us some need to bond completely with
another human that these practices exaggerate and
charicature, but that represents a potential within each
individual.
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