A bikini or two-piece is a type of women's swimsuit, characterized by two separate parts — one covering the breasts, the other the groin (and optionally the buttocks), leaving an uncovered area between the two garments. It is often worn in hot weather and while swimming. The shapes of both parts of a bikini closely resemble women's underwear, and the lower part of a bikini can therefore range from the more revealing thong or g-string to briefs and the more modest square-cut shorts.
in recent years, many underwear retailers have begun selling Men's bikini underwear. For men, a bikini is a type of undergarment that is smaller and more revealing than men's briefs. Sometimes the term bikini is used to describe the type of man's swimsuit also known as a speedo although men's bikini swimsuits do exist that are not brief like. Men's bikinis can have both high or low side panels and normally rest lower than the true waist or at the upper hips. Most men's bikinis lack a button or flap front. Many do not have a visible waistband like briefs. Companies like Hanes, Fruit of the loom, Jockey, Joe Boxer, and Target-created brand Merona commonly sell Men's Bikinis, as well as thongs and g-strings for men.
The question whether transgenderism is a disease is hotly debated in both the medical and transgender community. This paper seeks to reconcile this question by defining disease, examining the moral meanings of classification as a disease, and with this model clarifying both what is meant by treatment and whether the state of being transgender is in fact a disease.
Disease: A clinically significant adverse effect or experience for an organism due to an interaction between one or more biological traits of that organism and the environment in which it resides.
This definition recognizes the fact that abstracted from its environment, whether a given genotype or phenotype is a disease cannot be accurately determined. An illustrative example isnon-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM.)[1] The genes (and proteins and cellular phenotype they produce) which in the developed world results in NIDDM are not a disease when abstracted from their environment. When examined independent of an environment that provides an abundance of food and a relatively sedentary lifestyle, this 'thrifty phenotype' that preserves energy, stores fat efficiently, and provides energy stores for times of famine can be a positive trait.
After two years of marriage you've just found out our husband is a transvestite - what the hell do you do now?
At 22 years of age I was an 'innocent', naive to the point where I thought sex meant the missionary position and I didn't understand anything about transvestism, gay relationships and sexual diversity, so as you can imagine my partners 'confession' came as quite a bombshell. I didn't know who to turn to, felt disgusted and ashamed and extremely lonely. Since then, and having been made to watch over the years, chat shows on the subject, and read any articles that could be found it seems the tide is changing and many wives will now readily accept their husbands wish to fulfil their need to dress and act as a woman. But for every willing wife there will be one that is shocked, scared and alone. 26 years on I hope my experiences and insight can help other couples that may find themselves in a similar situation. Firstly lets try and explode some of the myth by defining common terms in use today.