By Lynne Zeavin, 2011
In his essay ‘‘Imagining the She/Male: Pornography and the Transsexualization of the Heterosexual Male,’’ Escoffier (this issue) brings a particular type of pornography to our attention. He asks our consideration of the scenes in which the object of desire is a male to female transsexual body—prior to surgery, penis intact. After noting a surprising rise in popularity of this category porn he asks us to consider the desire responsible for the upsurge—to understand and to situate it within contemporary culture.
