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In this paper I explore one unconscious function of the \u201cpre-op\u201d trans woman sexual fantasy that I have observed in some young heterosexual gynandromorphophilic men (i.e., men sexually drawn to the MtF \u201cpre-op\u201d body) who use transgender pornography and\/or escorts. In contrast to a psychoanalytic reading of gynandromorphophilia in which the \u201cpre-op\u201d trans woman\u2019s body is understood to be \u201cmissing nothing\u201d because she has breasts\n                    <jats:italic>and<\/jats:italic>\n                    a penis, I suggest that what is psychically compelling and sexually arousing for some men is quite the opposite:\n                    <jats:italic>because<\/jats:italic>\n                    the \u201cpre-op\u201d trans woman has a penis, she therefore has no vagina\/womb. It is the triumph over what\n                    <jats:italic>is<\/jats:italic>\n                    missing and that should be there. 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