What is transvestic disorder

Transvestic Disorder: Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnosis

If you have constant and intense sexual arousal while cross-dressing, you might be experiencing symptoms of transvestic disorder.

Experiencing sexual urges and fantasies comes with maturing into an adult. Still, not everyone will have the same sexual fantasy.

If you’re constantly sexually aroused while wearing items of clothing traditionally not associated with one’s socially constructed gender, you could be experiencing signs of transvestic disorder.

Limited research suggests transvestic disorder can overlap with mental health conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder.

Language matters

Sex and gender exist on a spectrum. We use “women” and “men” in this article to reflect the terms assigned at birth. However, gender is solely about how you identify yourself, independent of your physical body.

Transvestic disorder is experiencing recurrent and intense sexual arousal, urges, and behavior from wearing clothes traditionally worn by a different gender.

It is not a mental disorder. Instead, transvestic disorder falls under the umbrella term of paraphilia, any atypical sexual thoughts or erotic behavior.

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5), the manual doctors used to diagnose mental health conditions, classifies paraphilic disorder as a mental health condition that develops from atypical sexual behavior.

You may feel psychologically or emotionally distressed at your thoughts and behavior. These feelings can negatively impact your mental health. Psychological distress from transvestic disorder may be from anxiety and fear of other people’s reactions.

According to the DSM-5, you could have paraphilia if your urges to dress in clothing conventionally designed for another gender lasts for at least 6 months. You must have acted at least once on these desires.

Having these sexual urges and desires doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you. Still, if your sexual fantasies or behavior affect your daily activities or cause harm to others, your symptoms could indicate a paraphilic disorder.

If you cross-dress because it’s sexually exciting, you’re not alone. About 3% of men and 0.4% of women have experienced signs of transvestic disorder at least once.

The DSM-5 also notes that men more than women start to exhibit symptoms during early adolescence.

Cross-dressing (“transvestism”) vs. transvestic disorder

Cross-dressing is when you dress in clothes conventionally designed for another gender.
Transvestic disorder is when you feel sexually aroused from cross-dressing.
Cross-dressing isn’t a disorder and does not require treatment. Transvestic disorder is a mental health condition that may require treatment if the individual is experiencing severe shame, anxiety, or lack of acceptance. However, someone with transvestic disorder will not always require treatment.
People with transvestic disorder may experience significant psychological distress or impairment over cross-dressing. This emotional distress often stems from a lack of acceptance by those important to the individual, such as a romantic partner. This can increase fears of rejection.
Using words such as “transvestite” and “transvestism” can be offensive because they have been historically used to describe people as mentally ill and sexually deviant.
If you’re unsure what to call someone who engages in cross-dressing, try calling them by their name.

Transvestic disorder is a complicated condition. Still, there are signs and symptoms that medical professionals look for to make an official diagnosis. These signs may even begin as early as childhood.

According to the DSM-5, someone with symptoms of transvestic disorder will feel repeated sexual arousal from cross-dressing for at least 6 months. This arousal may manifest as urges or fantasies for physical behaviors.

Arousal

If you experience repeated arousal from looking at or feeling clothing, fabrics, or undergarments typically worn by someone of a different sex, you may have symptoms of transvestic disorder. This repeated arousal is a key component of diagnosis.

Following arousal, you may seek sexual gratification from contact with these clothing items.

Social distress

The second key symptom of transvestic disorder is that your urges or actions cause distress or social impairment.

This could be when at work, with family, or in other social settings. Unlike some paraphilic disorders, this impairment can be personal and does not necessarily have to affect others for a diagnosis.

Frequency

The DSM-5 guidelines state that a person must feel urges to cross-dress or experience arousal for more than 6 months for a diagnosis. This is the third key symptom.

Many people will exhibit signs of transvestic disorder at least once in their life. However, those with the disorder will experience these feelings repeatedly.

Feelings of guilt

Other studies have found that those with symptoms of transvestic disorder may feel periods of guilt following the act of cross-dressing. This may be a sign of the social distress the condition can cause.

However, this is not a definitive symptom of transvestism.

Regardless of your gender, you may want to consider seeking help if the symptoms of transvestic disorder begin to impair your life significantly or can cause harm to others.

Learning to recognize the signs and symptoms of transvestic disorder can be the first step toward getting help and seeking treatment.

Differential diagnosis

Anyone can have transvestic disorder, and updated DSM-5 guidelines now reflect this. Older guidelines advised that only heterosexual men could experience transvestic disorder.

The signs and symptoms of different paraphilias can also overlap. Because of this, people may confuse transvestic disorder with other conditions or habits.

Fetishistic disorder

Fetishistic disorder also involves intense sexual arousal, urges, or behaviors relating to any nonliving objects. However, unlike in transvestic disorder, the objects of these urges are not limited to the clothing of different genders.

You can learn more about fetishistic disorder here.

Gender dysphoria

Doctors may also mistake transvestic disorder for gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is a feeling of distress that your birth-assigned sex does not match your personal identity.

If you are experiencing gender dysphoria, you may feel more comfortable wearing clothes initially designed for other genders. However, gender dysphoria does not explicitly relate to sexual arousal from wearing these clothes, unlike transvestic disorder.

You can learn more about gender dysphoria here.

Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing is when you dress in clothing typically made for a different gender. Cross-dressing by itself is not a disorder. It doesn’t mean you have transvestic disorder or gender dysphoria.

You may want to dress up in items or clothing of another gender because it’s relaxing, or you may want to experiment more with exploring the spectrum of gender expression.

Because people who cross-dress are doing it for reasons besides sexual arousal, the DSM-5 removed transvestism as a mental disorder.

Transvestic disorder is a mental health condition that may lead to significant impairment in your personal and professional life.

If you think you may be exhibiting symptoms of transvestic disorder, you may want to talk with a doctor or mental health expert.

You may have been raised to think of sex as taboo, so you might feel a bit embarrassed at first talking openly about your sex life. That’s OK.

Your doctors will provide you with a judgment-free space to talk about your sex life. There’s no shame in your diagnosis, and your doctor will ensure your privacy and medical information stay safe.

To learn more about starting therapy, consider an online therapist or nearby in your community.

Transvestic Disorder: Signs, Symptoms, and Diagnosis

If you have constant and intense sexual arousal while cross-dressing, you might be experiencing symptoms of transvestic disorder.

Experiencing sexual urges and fantasies comes with maturing into an adult. Still, not everyone will have the same sexual fantasy.

If you’re constantly sexually aroused while wearing items of clothing traditionally not associated with one’s socially constructed gender, you could be experiencing signs of transvestic disorder.

Limited research suggests transvestic disorder can overlap with mental health conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder.

Language matters

Transvestic disorder is experiencing recurrent and intense sexual arousal, urges, and behavior from wearing clothes traditionally worn by a different gender.

It is not a mental disorder. Instead, transvestic disorder falls under the umbrella term of paraphilia, any atypical sexual thoughts or erotic behavior.

If you cross-dress because it’s sexually exciting, you’re not alone. About 3% of men and 0.4% of women have experienced signs of transvestic disorder at least once.

The DSM-5 also notes that men more than women start to exhibit symptoms during early adolescence.

Cross-dressing (“transvestism”) vs. transvestic disorder

Cross-dressing is when you dress in clothes conventionally designed for another gender.
Transvestic disorder is when you feel sexually aroused from cross-dressing.
Cross-dressing isn’t a disorder and does not require treatment. Transvestic disorder is a mental health condition that may require treatment if the individual is experiencing severe shame, anxiety, or lack of acceptance. However, someone with transvestic disorder will not always require treatment.

People with transvestic disorder may experience significant psychological distress or impairment over cross-dressing. This emotional distress often stems from a lack of acceptance by those important to the individual, such as a romantic partner. This can increase fears of rejection.
Using words such as “transvestite” and “transvestism” can be offensive because they have been historically used to describe people as mentally ill and sexually deviant.
If you’re unsure what to call someone who engages in cross-dressing, try calling them by their name.

Arousal

Following arousal, you may seek sexual gratification from contact with these clothing items.

Social distress

The second key symptom of transvestic disorder is that your urges or actions cause distress or social impairment.

This could be when at work, with family, or in other social settings. Unlike some paraphilic disorders, this impairment can be personal and does not necessarily have to affect others for a diagnosis.

Frequency

The DSM-5 guidelines state that a person must feel urges to cross-dress or experience arousal for more than 6 months for a diagnosis. This is the third key symptom.

Many people will exhibit signs of transvestic disorder at least once in their life. However, those with the disorder will experience these feelings repeatedly.

Feelings of guilt

However, this is not a definitive symptom of transvestism.

Regardless of your gender, you may want to consider seeking help if the symptoms of transvestic disorder begin to impair your life significantly or can cause harm to others.

Learning to recognize the signs and symptoms of transvestic disorder can be the first step toward getting help and seeking treatment.

Differential diagnosis

Anyone can have transvestic disorder, and updated DSM-5 guidelines now reflect this. Older guidelines advised that only heterosexual men could experience transvestic disorder.

The signs and symptoms of different paraphilias can also overlap. Because of this, people may confuse transvestic disorder with other conditions or habits.

Fetishistic disorder

You can learn more about fetishistic disorder here.

Gender dysphoria

Doctors may also mistake transvestic disorder for gender dysphoria. Gender dysphoria is a feeling of distress that your birth-assigned sex does not match your personal identity.

You can learn more about gender dysphoria here.

Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing is when you dress in clothing typically made for a different gender. Cross-dressing by itself is not a disorder. It doesn’t mean you have transvestic disorder or gender dysphoria.

You may want to dress up in items or clothing of another gender because it’s relaxing, or you may want to experiment more with exploring the spectrum of gender expression.

Because people who cross-dress are doing it for reasons besides sexual arousal, the DSM-5 removed transvestism as a mental disorder.

Transvestic disorder is a mental health condition that may lead to significant impairment in your personal and professional life.

If you think you may be exhibiting symptoms of transvestic disorder, you may want to talk with a doctor or mental health expert.

You may have been raised to think of sex as taboo, so you might feel a bit embarrassed at first talking openly about your sex life. That’s OK.

Your doctors will provide you with a judgment-free space to talk about your sex life. There’s no shame in your diagnosis, and your doctor will ensure your privacy and medical information stay safe.

To learn more about starting therapy, consider an online therapist or nearby in your community.

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1341 reviews, 979 rating, rating (Santoro) and offers to surrender in an amicable way. The local king Leonid (Butler), having conferred with his wife (Hedi) with his eyes, throws the ambassador into the well. Since the priests, as well as one corrupt rat in the city council, do not recommend fighting the Persians, Leonid takes three hundred people with the words "These are my bodyguards" and goes to meet the myriad army. Along the way, he offends the allies from Athens (they, they say, love only philosophy and boys) and short-sightedly refuses to take the hunchbacked warrior Ephialtes (Tirnanus) under the spear. Nevertheless, thanks to high technology and personal fighting qualities, the Spartans hold the Thermopylae gorge long enough for them to be a legend.

If it occurs to someone to evaluate films by testosterone concentration, the number 300 should be taken as a conventional unit, the gold standard, and most action films shot so far will be pulled by a maximum of 100. They don’t talk here - they growl, they don’t kill tear, do not die - but die. So many pictures were called revived comics that the definition lost all meaning, but in the case of "300" it can be used for the first time almost for the first time. The fact that the original source is a graphic novel by Frank Miller explains everything, including the absolute airlessness of the film: the storyboards are built in such a way that there is almost no empty space even on the long shots. And where Miller's previous film adaptation - the glorious but rather tedious "Sin City" - went into details, atmosphere creation and other nonsense, "300" takes the solidity of a battering ram. Everything is too much here: millions of arrows plunge the battlefield into darkness, if elephants are gigantic, if martial arts, then with an enemy three human heights. And Xerxes, the king of kings, towers over Leonidas like a rock - not a bearded old man, as you would expect, but an alien, a club transvestite, a handsome bald man in piercings, who is trying not so much to conquer, but to fuck the Spartan leader. To say that this is cool is to say nothing: it is somehow inhumanly cool. At the same time, don’t say later that you weren’t warned: “300” is such a gopnik game when you lie down on the rails and a train passes over you; it makes sense for women, children and the elderly to look for something more meditative in the repertoire.

March 15, 2007

The best reviews about the film “300 Spartans”

- NAXXODKA
  166 Reviews, 2271 estimates, rating 676
  
  9,0003
  If the trailer was seen - film for 99. 9999 lives up to expectations . If you liked the fights, dynamics and visual solution of the picture in the trailer, then the film will delight you. If you wanted to see a dramatic remake of 300 Spartans from the 70s (there are those who have not seen the video, but thought it was a modern version of even those Spartans) - then this movie is not for you!
  Why didn't he give 0.01% - it would be great if the film came out even cooler than the trailer. but this happens very rarely!
  
  The film is made in the style of "sin city" , it is not surprising, the author of both literary (if I may say so about comics) primary sources Frank Miller, in the first (GG) acted as a co-director and co-screenwriter, in the second (300C) co-screenwriter and Executive Producer, so you won't be ashamed of the quality of the product anyway.
  Moreover, in comparison with the "city of sins" - where the element of savoring violence is still strong, here violence is not perceived in a sadistic way, but is an integral part of the culture of the Spartans in general and being at war in particular.
  
  The plot itself, the dialogues and the overall behavior of all the characters have one goal - to show the unreal coolness of the Spartans, which, given the general fantasy-fiction tolerance, is quite justified. The film, as well as the original comic book 300, has nothing to do with real history, like 17 Moments of Spring with real espionage work during World War II.
  
  In short, absolutely not a single nuance annoyed me in the film, but in general it can be summarized as follows - is incredibly brutal, visually powerful, sounds great (IMHO, it could have been more heavy) and perfectly balanced fantasy action movie without snot . It is definitely unsuitable for a romantic date, but with an established relationship, it may well be suitable for joint viewing (my girlfriend may not be delighted, but she watched it with pleasure!)
  
  EVERYONE WATCH! 9Spartans! Ready your breakfast and eat hearty... For tonight, we dine in hell! The word "Sparta" is mentioned 72 times in the film - that is, about 0. 6 times per minute. Effectively, like the method of Ilona Davydova.
  
  An excellent casting, worthy of the most poisonous club - Spartan king Leonidas with a pigtail (well, at least not with a joint), Persian aggressor Xerox - in rings and piers, Persian emissary with chic sideburns, etc. uncommon characters. They had fun living there!
  
  Flying elephants, Xerxes' guards in Venetian masks, Leonidas eating an apple with appetite in the middle of a field strewn with corpses - these are the memorable images of the Iranian invasion of civilized and freedom-loving Europe. In just three days I'm flying to Persia. Let's see what kind of animals these are... time. no, everything is wonderful, athletic Spartans, beautiful women, naked breasts, Persians who came out of hell, beautiful lifeless soullessness of the environment .. but all this lasts 117 minutes!!!
  
  it would be quite enough for me to watch 20 minutes of furiously kick-butting battles, because only they carry any informational testosterone charge of this picture. yes, the credits at the end, by the way, are made mega-beautifully (somewhat reminiscent of the credits in "007: Casino Royale"), but for their sake it is unbearably stuffy to endure a tedious orator for the above 2 hours.
  
  the battles are energetic, but leave a double impression: a very cheerful, powerful and charged action is combined in some moments with operetta choreography... but the Spartans have the right legs: you immediately believe that this is not a bunch of animators who came out to "dance", but fighters - nothing superfluous ... there is only one remark about the figures of fighters: with such forearms, they would hardly be able to twist hoplites with heavy spears so effectively and efficiently.
  
  spectacular, tasty, but soulless.
  by the way, I thought that "TROY" should have been shot in this vein (by visual means), because it was pointless to make an almost documentary epic peplum from a semi-legendary story full of mythical characters
  
  March 25, 2007
- Mike From Moscow
  
  309 reviews, 456 ratings, rating 559
  
  Yes, the film is full of funny phreak characters:
  Spartans in leather shorts and for some reason strictly without shells, Xerxes with the habits of a completed Gomez. There is no history in this movie.
  But... Touchy. The quintessence of violence. Why we love Sin City and Kill Bill.
  The film is remembered for a long time, which means it is a must see.
  
  March 26, 2007
- Dariapan
  
  55 reviews, 1227 ratings, rating 383
  
  1
  
  I never understood either Frank Miller himself or his fans. The very concept of "graphic novel" is so artificial that, I think, Miller himself is already on edge. Is it true, or what, an adult man, so that he doesn’t joke? ..
  I don't know, unfortunately, how it is in the comics, but the films are all disgustingly staged. If in the "City of Sins" everything was done at least graphically flawlessly, then here this pathos that twists the cheekbones, no matter how it flounders, but cannot jump higher than a camputer toy. Maybe it's a comedy? The main hero with a false beard, all those identical Millerian freaks in boils, transvestite kings, all pass from history to history like a banner of awards. How can it be that the ugly world of Sinsity, the fantasy of Watchmen, and the pathos of Spartans evoke the same gagging feeling? It means that something is wrong - and God bless her, with history and morality, and do not care about the actors, let them earn for themselves. I feel sorry for the actors though. Honestly.
  Only one word comes to mind - fading. Ugh.
  
  October 22, 2009
- Happy Cat
  
  169 reviews, 355 ratings, rating 296
  
  9
  
  Great movie!!! Just an awesome video sequence, gorgeous battle scenes and a strong emotional filling! I left the theater on such a high after the movie. Delight. Now I want to go look in English, I wonder how all the emotions are displayed in the original.
  I advise everyone, everyone except the very impressionable ones!
  
  March 23, 2007
- Yuri Borisov
  
  51 reviews, 51 ratings, rating 268
  
  7
  
  After watching I ventured to read various reviews of this film and very quickly stopped. What immediately became clear - more than 80% of these reviewers, simply, not only did not read, did not even see the comic book on which the film was made. And some have never even heard of it. Even more touching are attempts to analyze this film as historical accuracy.
  
  For those who haven't seen it yet, but want to see it - the basics:
  1. Watch only in the cinema. To start. I think that at home it will look very impressive, but still, the first effect should be achieved in cinematography, only there. And it's not just about entertainment and special effects. The very atmosphere and color scheme is not so spectacular, but it will produce a greater effect in the cinema.
  2. Forget about the historical events that are taken as the basis for the plot of the comic. Well, forget about them completely.
  3. Listening to pathetic text read by voice-over and some not very smart dialogues, do not forget that in a comic book it looks and causes completely different sensations, it looks and reads more pleasantly, but the text in the film adaptation is read almost from 100% credibility with the source.
  This is basic. Now let me explain these points in more detail.
  "300" - film adaptation of the comic. I'm not going to hide behind this wording. But, mind you - there are different adaptations of comics. Stupid "Spider-Man" (however, the plot is again to blame here), more successful "X-Men" and a completely unformatted alternative and, in my opinion, the most successful "Sin City". "300" is not 100% the work of Frank Miller, the comic was created in collaboration, but this does not prevent him from remaining a very unusual and interesting work, although the style suffers in some places.
  The screen version of the comic turned out to be simply amazing:
  1. All the main stylistic devices were followed - hence the camera work is on top. Those. camera angles, visual performance is very close to the source. By the way, a very good job was done just because the comic is very short, and in the film a lot of scenes had to be realized and visually supplemented, which in the comic are actually embodied in just two squares. Moreover, they implemented it very, very worthy, even the comic itself does not make such a strong impression in terms of visual finds. There are also disadvantages - about them below.
  2. Most of the plot has been retained. Again, the comic is very short - the filmmakers had to add a lot. And they coped with this task, but there is one BUT. In the film, they realized, in my opinion, a lot of things that were superfluous.
  Here's what is not in the comics, but is in the film (what I wrote down in the minus):
  a) An idiotic storyline with Leonid's wife. Because of this storyline, the film in places naturally resembled "Gladiator" and a bunch of formulaic pseudo-historical films - and because of it, the film began to be perceived as something unhistorical, or even imitation.
  b) Leonid's bed scene with his wife, as well as "touching the soul" and other organs, the rape session of Leonid's wife, exactly like everything else related to this. I put it in a separate paragraph to clarify that in the comics there is not even close nudity - everything is severe and without excessive sentimentality with a field in spikelets along which the sad Gladia walks . .. ugh, I'm sorry, skidded.
  c) There is no scene of the idiotic death of the son of one of the soldiers, in which he is cut off his head by a Persian on a horse who suddenly, out of nowhere, comes from nowhere. (I almost wrote, "and with a saber") Exactly as there is no scene of this ridiculously dead warrior, who, in a fit of anger, begins to shred the Persians with special cruelty.
  None of the above in these three paragraphs is present in the comic, and in fact these are three minuses of the film, however, not very significant. It is clear that the storyline with Leonid's wife was recorded simply to increase the timing, the bed scene for lovers of bed scenes, and the scenes with the "stupid" Spartans just for "plus one" to the general cruelty.
  Of the scenes that are not in the comics, but are in the film, I would especially like to highlight the battle with a giant monster, Leonid's conversation with the first Persian ambassador, more powerfully "revealed" in the film adaptation, and even a dozen, there are a lot of pleasant improvements.
  3. Cast. I will tactfully keep silent about Leonid's wife. Leonid himself turned out to be a success. The character matches the source very well. The film is full of colorful characters: the Persian pathetic ambassadors, the Persian commander - "demigod" - a giant of a transvestite type Xerxes, but quite enough. And there is no feeling that everything is stereotyped and primitive. On the contrary, the film is a real alternative to pseudo-historical near-legendary cheap stuff, like Pathfinder, or King Arthur, etc. It is alternative to its directness, sometimes rudeness and, most importantly, the unusualness of everything - from the production itself as a whole, to specific characters.
  4. I liked the musical accompaniment, but I will not sing laudatory odes, everything is standard, but heavy guitars made me happy in places, they are clearly out of place there.
  
  On the whole, the film is a success and is knocked out of the camp of "movies based on comics" as much as "Sin City", but on the other hand, it is not so polished and perfectly cut. Most importantly, you need to understand that this is NOT a historical movie. "300" is a grotesque anti-historical fantasy based on certain historical events. It will probably be difficult for people who are sensitive to history to watch all this action, but people who know how to watch films detached from reality should like it.
  And yet, I recommend that everyone take a look, at least just marvel at the visual range, which is certainly on top.
  
  June 30, 2008
- K_Sou
  
  112 reviews, 206 ratings, rating 252
  
  300 men in leather shorts. Yes, they can not even talk and not move, and even better - turn off the sound, the film will not lose a bit from this.
  
  April 16, 2007
- Alexey Sharonov
  
  158 reviews, 268 ratings, rating 228
  
  7
  
  Unusually filmed, surprisingly addictive first-class film :)
  Butler's oblique mouth with a huge scraggly beard was off topic in places, but the overall impression of the film is very good, still a Must See movie.
  
  July 12, 2010
- Ksenia Miloslavskaya
  
  77 reviews, 94 ratings, rating 193
  
  7
  
  Killer movie. A lot of impressions. Stunning special effects. I liked that there are many scenes in slow motion - you can see the battle scenes in detail. Lots of emotionally powerful scenes.
  
  February 6, 2012
- 17x17
  
  258 reviews, 293 ratings, rating 170
  
  5
  
  Didn't know before watching that the film was an adaptation of Frank Miller's comic book 4. (9003 9003) That's what I thought that it hurts "Sin City" reminds.
  The sought-after short story is a free graphic interpretation of the Greek myth, therefore, by and large, the film has nothing to do with the legend itself.
  
  Force majeure Vs invincible obstacle. Yes, of course it must be done spectacularly and stylishly. Insanely beautiful, glossy jocks pumped up in the gyms with 8 dice on the press (whoever has less that sucker) colliding in battle with the mythical semi-mutant Persians, dressed for some reason in Kabuki masks, androgynous king ( Rodrigo Santoro ) which, as Afisha's review accurately noted, is very similar to a modern participant in a travesty show . ... Sprays of computer blood, severed legs, arms, heads flying in different directions in slow motion repetitions. (True, for some reason, the blood itself is only in the air, and the Macedonians and Persians themselves are not stained with it, like the rocks with the earth around. A very strange omission ...) , and therefore pieces of unnecessary sentimentality were added, mainly in episodes related to Leonid's wife ( Lena Headey ), which evokes a comparison with Ridley Scott's "Gladiator" ( Ridley Scott ), and the plans for the final shots in rye are almost the same.
  
  In general, "300 Spartans" is more like a sequence of posters for a computer game than some kind of military drama tape. Well, for the adaptation of a comic book, you don’t need anything else, right?
  
  As a result, we have a one-time computer-generated ancient Greek action movie with overwhelming masculinity...
  
  Yes, and it is not clear why it was released for rent as "300 Spartans", thereby forcing us to compare it with the picture 1962 years old.
  
  June 26, 2009
- Lihoy_Ciklop
  
  74 reviews, 108 ratings, rating 164
  
  9
  
  The combination of Warnera + Legendary Pictures + Zach Spydeor results in the inevitable PERFECT picture. Each frame is such a completely separate poster. The style is complemented by quite pleasant off-screen music. The battle scenes are amazing, the work is simply a class higher than in the vk praised by all. Long shots with acceleration-deceleration, approach-retreat - it's just a feast for the eyes!
  However, the comic has left its mark. The phrases of the characters are so pathetic that sometimes they cause outright irritation. Leonid, screaming about freedom - it looks, to put it mildly, not natural.
  Separate praise to all these wonderful Persian freaks - they noticeably revived the film, although, oddly enough, they all evoke a strong association with the theme of the same orcs from the same VK.
  Diagnosis: watch in the original language and enjoy. Better yet, in Chinese...
  
  April 22, 2009
- Anna
  
  228 reviews, 630 ratings, rating 160
  
  9
  
  A film where "very" can be added to any definition/description. Very beautiful. Very spectacular. I am NOT a fan of bloody slaughterhouses and battles, and although there is plenty of this in "300 Spartans", I really liked the film. Admire the professionalism of the Spartans as warriors, if you will. The battle scenes were beautifully and competently filmed - not like "it's night in the Crimea, everything is in smoke and nothing is visible." Where necessary - slowed down, where necessary - accelerated. In the end, it's creepy and yet beautiful. People - if attractive - then very attractive, if ugly - then ugly to disgust. Leonid - such as the Greeks are depicted on excavated amphoras. This is how you can shoot Hercules. The queen is almost the standard of royalty and wisdom. 300 Spartan warriors is a very aesthetic sight in itself. Of course, there is an element of some fabulousness - a perky rhinoceros and gloomy elephants are worth something, but this only adds to the entertainment.
  The taste and color, as they say, but I would recommend watching. And it's on the big screen. Although it is better for children, overly impressionable gentle persons and, say, pregnant women, to refrain from viewing. But the movie is good!
  
  April 2, 2007
- Blame7
  
  27 reviews, 31 ratings, rating 126
  
  9
  
  One of my favorite films.
  Continuing to consider the meanings of the paintings hidden at first glance (although everything is pretty obvious here), I note that this film, shot by Zack Snyder (did he understand what he was doing?), Is direct propaganda of Nazism and eugenics!
  Radically nationalist Sparta, whose fundamental idea is a racially pure state, is engaged in breeding a superman, killing poor people who are unable to give anything valuable to the country even in infancy, and in general, observes "racial hygiene". The country is led by the king "of the people" Leonid.
  One morning, a lamour-looking Persian ambassador arrives in Sparta and, threatening the country with fierce reprisals, invites Leonid to turn into tolerance, which will lead to strong friendship, but on the condition that Persia will be friends with Sparta, and not vice versa. Leonid refuses the offer, and for greater persuasiveness throws the ambassadors into the abyss, after which he gathers a detachment carefully calibrated by the size of the squares on his stomach, from exceptionally beautiful white men, and sets off to shred the Persian adversaries.
  There are many figurative moments in the film, which, with the proper level of mental disorder or advanced schizophrenia, are transferred to the real world to the right places. So, for example, I regard the wretched, rotten elders who forbid Leonid to defend his people from the invaders because of the money that drinks the blood of the nation, nothing more than a metaphor for our government. King Xerxes is - capitalism, tolerance, money, in general - all the horrors of modern society. So, for example, I really like the scene when the Ugly comes to Xerxes, out of resentment towards Leonid (he reasonably denied him equal rights in the detachment, (The Ugly could not straighten up and protect his neighbor in the ranks)), telling how to bypass and crush the Spartan detachment . Xerxes says to Freak - "You couldn't stand straight with Leonidas? I'll give you everything, money, women... It's enough to kneel before me." (not verbatim). Obviously, this scene says, firstly, that in order to be honest and strong, you need to try, overcome yourself, and if you don’t want to or you can’t - kneel before “debauchery”, it’s pointless to exist - it’s so simple and comfortable, but in secondly, that it was not in vain that the Spartans destroyed the "freaks" before they had time to grow up and make trouble. Tsar Leonid is the conscience and idea of the nation, the people. He is brave, honest, strong, a true leader who does not go to any compromises. He adequately accepts death for his country, managing to tear off the mask of the “divine manifestation” of Xerxes before that, showing that this is just a mask, and he is not the highest good, but just a glamorously dressed sexless shit.
  In general, the film is very colorful and enchanting. Watching how Spartan superhumans cut off the legs/arms of Persian invaders and hypertrophied mutant beasts is a pleasure! It's good that the picture was perceived differently than I did, and it was released, or bad - I don't know, but in any case, thanks to the creators of both the film and the comic!
  
  Shl. Take a look at the logo of the studio that made the film. Take a look!
  
  September 19, 2009
- smf
  
  56 reviews, 275 ratings, rating 118
  
  The most annoying thing is that, as it turns out during the film, all the most successful shots HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHOWN IN THE TRAILER (as in "Watch", where, apart from the ferris wheel and the Ostankino tower, as it turned out, only clumsy chatter remains). Therefore, the whole film is waiting, waiting to see something extra ... and nothing but, again, chatter happens.
  That's why people bring down when they see a chic video, and at the same time not realizing that, in principle, all the "chips" just entered it (well, in the film itself there will be a little more severed limbs, but pathetic speeches).
  Ridley Scott and his you know who didn't even lie around here (except for the eared grains that have become some kind of obsessive cliché). The hordes of the enemy have been multiplied by the computer to such a size that they no longer excite, apparently due to precisely their excessive hypertrophy. The dialogue (which breathed life into Sin Sity) is simply replaced with a set of cliche phrases that a schoolboy could write.
  The only thing that really made me happy was the actor who plays the main role. Here there can be no two opinions. His luxurious image and battle cries will go down in history. For which he, one of the entire film, a personal thank you from me.
  
  March 26, 2007
- rocky_plays_rocky
  
  367 reviews, 370 ratings, rating 106
  
  5
  
  Everything seems to be good in the film - graphics, colors, panoramas, angles, massiveness. But all this is filled with oaky simple characters, the wretchedness of which is dictated solely by the conjuncture of the film. And in itself this film, which could become truly great, is full of conjuncture, which is why it is not worthy of attention.
  
  December 15, 2013
- Vitaly v
  
  117 reviews, 144 ratings, rating 103
  
  7Zack Snyder studies male anatomy
  
  Battle historical film about the Battle of Thermopylae. The film is a faithful adaptation of Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's 1998 comic book. The story is told from the only surviving Spartan Dilias, who lost his left eye in battle, whom Leonidas let go in order to tell about what happened, so the story is subjective and some scenes with monsters are probably added to the historical truth.
  From time to time, such films about the heroes of mankind should be made and watched by everyone, except for children under seven years old. "At the age of seven, as was customary in Sparta, the boy was weaned from his mother and plunged into a world of violence."
  Although this is a simple stupid film, it captivates the viewer with its honesty, heroism, bordering on bravado, the spirit of collectivism and freedom, which is above all. A film about the war of tyranny with Spartan democracy.
  "A new era is coming. The Age of Freedom. And everyone will remember that 300 Spartans defended it to the last breath. Their courage will unite us." "We (obviously, the Americans are meant, since Sparta has long been gone) will save the whole world from barbarians and tyrants, and we will enter the future, sparkling with unprecedented light."
  Not the best graphics, many studio scenes and lighting problems. Serial acting. Excellent battle scenes and pathos.
  
  April 6, 2012
- scheet
  
  616 reviews, 617 ratings, rating 97
  
  3
  
  Tsar Leonid outwardly came out just, if not a Persian, then an Arab undoubtedly. But not Greek. But I liked Xerxes - with all his piercings he looks like some kind of glamorous pop star or DJ. I would note the author's off-screen text. This adds to the film a bit of seriousness, which Snyder, as a director, seems to be unusual. After all, even the army of Xerxes came out with something in between the hordes of orcs from The Lord of the Rings and his own, earlier zombie developments. The computer game of the authors with colors and light filters seemed like overkill: it is more suitable for an apocalyptic plot, rather than a historical one.
  
  December 31, 2012
- kotbegemot2
  
  87 reviews, 372 ratings, rating 91
  
  3
  
  If I were a conspiracy theorist, I would think that the film was paid for by the Bush administration. This is pure propaganda and brainwashing.
  If I were the Iranians, I would also ban it.
  From a neutral point of view, this is outright bullshit and hack-work. And battles don't save the day. More precisely, the battles are the biggest hack and punch in the movie. Only in comparison with the peplums of recent years raised to a power. In the course of the film, an acute desire arose that all the Spartans would be strangled to hell as soon as possible.
  
  April 9, 2007
- borik spb
  
  187 reviews, 1229 ratings, rating 81
  
  1
  
  fuuuu... what a disgusting movie. that is, it was clear that something like this would happen. from the sounds it is: screams, the crunch of bones and torn meat, from the pictures - blood, corpses and grinning mouths. disgusting - the orcs are even more pleasant to look at than these "people".
  Lovers of "Little Forest Friends" - welcome.
  
  And if previous speakers are to be believed that this is a film about natural selection, then the good news is that minus three hundred idiots couldn't pass on their genes to anyone else.
  
  August 2, 2010
- ALEXEY MEDVEDEV
  
  47 reviews, 207 ratings, rating 72
  
  5
  
  It seems that the film was staged as a lesson for novice cameramen, here we can see all kinds of filters and artistic techniques, since there was enough money.
  
  March 24, 2007
- Sofia Kozhevnikova
  
  112 reviews, 128 ratings, rating 71
  
  9
  
  The film is gorgeous. 300 Spartan warriors who died for the freedom of their people. It is not clear why they were more naked than clothed, but there is something in this. The phrase "this is Sparta" has become one of my favorites. Of course, there are a lot of historical mistakes in the film, but the battle scenes are impressive, the movie is watched in one breath. A banal plot, everything is simple - an enemy has come, you need to destroy him. Nevertheless, despite the obvious ending and the lack of a happy ending, the film left a good impression.
  
  April 10, 2012
- DARTH
  
  33, 108 ratings, rating 65
  
  7
  
  300 Spartakovites
  
  I usually stoke over the films, but perhaps I will not. Something like this was expected from the peplum film, I was apprehensively waiting for the likeness of Alexander. I am at odds with history, and of course I saw inaccuracies, but I just saw and immediately forgot. Surprisingly, the director's idea was fully perceived. The Greeks who came to the defense of the country are positive in their entirety, the Persians who came to where they were not called are sharply negative. And therefore, the latter are endowed with all sorts of deviations, even at the same time, American political correctness was lost, blacks and queers fell into the camp of the bad. If you recall, the Persians often portrayed Alexander as a mutant. Yes, and we call the fascists beasts and evil spirits, and at that moment the Persians were fascists for Greece.
  The battle scenes were completely satisfying. And to those unfortunate critics who are looking for a barrel of tar in a feat, I would advise you to do something similar first, and then, maybe, we would begin to perceive them.
  Now the beautiful half of the audience. It should be easier somehow with a sample for a man. I understand that spartan masculinity is good, but I doubt that you will like it when the courtship process is reduced to a quick grab for a soft spot and posing in a position that Xerxes likes. And the Spartans did not know how to do it differently.
  I think the film will suit Spartak fans not only because of the similarity in titles.
  
  P.S. It’s a pity the monument to the Spartans was never shown ...
  
  April 1, 2007
- Kinowriter unknown
  
  28 reviews, 28 assessments, rating 43
  
  To become a landmarks of the School of School, it took a very slight tap into the dying sub-genre of zombie films, put on the monumental Watchmen, and shoot a couple more visually noteworthy films. One of the most striking and cornerstone films is the acclaimed action-packed 300, ushering in a whole new era and aesthetic in blockbusters.
  
  The large-scale action comic "300" is an instant triumph for such a specific peplum genre, and leaps to the highest and previously unattainable level in modern visualization. Bold style, full of the author's unique imagination, instantly forms the directorial style of the multifaceted Snyder - an admirer of graphic novels, a technical experimenter, and, of course, a sage who knows how to convey a lot of common sense through a spectacular graphic prism.
  
  300 violates the existing canons: instead of trying to achieve absolute historical accuracy, the cinema, on the contrary, resorts to the creation of its own mythology, due to its format associated with powerful comics about legendary heroes. Now, these three hundred brave Spartans appear not only as fearless saviors of their home, but also as a true deity, and their combat skills seem not at all a perfected craft, but superhuman strength. Thanks to Zack Snyder and for the most part, no doubt, to Frank Miller, the global historical event acquires the most elegant and aesthetic interpretation.
  
  This crushing, incredibly brutal and in a good way impudent video art is sure to become a new word in cinematic language. A deliberate naivet who transcends the existing framework of pathos, instead of reproaches, receives unexpected enthusiasm. Outstanding and extravagant in such a small genre, "300" becomes a unique proof of the victory of form over content. A particularly noteworthy fact confirming the cult and significance of the film is the amazingly high box office result for an R-rated film with the most brutal level of violence.
  
  March 5, 2014

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Eonism

(named French officer and diplomat Sh. chevalier dEon, 1728-1810; synonyms - transvestism, travestism) - sexual deviation, in which sexual arousal is achieved when dressing in clothes of the opposite sex. Transvestism can be based, in turn, on various other sexual deviations. So, in some cases it is an expression of fetishism, when the role of a fetish is played by any clothing of the opposite sex. In many cases, transvestism is due to transsexualism. It is also observed in homosexuality, narcissism, masochism, exhibitionism, etc. It is easier for women to satisfy their transvestite inclinations: if they wear men's clothes, then, as a rule, they are not subject to public condemnation. The term "aeonism" was proposed by the British physician and publicist Havelock Ellis (Havelock Ellis, 1859).–1939), author of the fundamental work “The Psychology of Sexuality” (vols. 1–7, 1897–1898). Rarely used in modern literature on sexology... look

EONISM

Sexual perversion associated with incorrect awareness of one's gender, a change in psychosexual orientation towards the opposite sex. It is often accompanied by the desire to change one's gender through a surgical operation on the genitals, the requirement to issue documents on belonging to the opposite sex. Often combined with transvestism. Changes in psychosexual behavior are not amenable to psychotherapeutic correction. Characteristically negative attitude to treatment. Named after the diplomat of Louis XV Chevalier d'Eon de Beumont, who suffered from this sexual perversion. Syn.: transsexualism (Benjamin H., 1954).... look

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EONISM a, m. Eon de de Beaumont. Sexual perversion associated with incorrect awareness of one's gender, a change in psychosexual orientation. Named... look

AEONISM

(after the Chevalier d'Eon (1728-1810), who used to dress in women's clothes), see Transvestism. (Source: Sexological Words... see

AEONISM

An accidental synonym for transvestism. The term comes from the Chevalier de Zohn, an 18th century political adventurer who achieved a certain notoriety for his preference for women's clothing.... see

AEONISM

[named after Chevalier d'Eon (1728-1810), who used to dress in women's clothes] - see Transvestism.

EONISM

(eonism) imitation of women's manners and behavior by men, as well as dressing in women's clothes. See Transsexualism, Transvestism.

AEONISM

(named after a French adventurer who preferred to wear women's clothes) is an accidental synonym for transvestism.

EONISM

m. (transvestism) eonism 9See Transvestism

EONISM

- sexual deviation - arousal from the clothes of the opposite sex.

EONISM

sexual deviation - arousal from the clothes of the opposite sex.

EONISM

psych. (painful desire of men to wear women's clothes) éonisme

EONISM (EONISM)

imitation of women's manners and behavior by men, as well as dressing in women's clothes.

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