This study examined the effects of behavioral treatment of 22 gender-dysphoric boys on measures of male- and female-role stereotyped behavior. The sample included 10 treated and 4 untreated gender-dysphoric boys and 8 normal boys. The findings show no such effect and no evidence of a masculinizing enhancement or a feminizing extinction of behaviors following behavioral treatment of gender-disturbed boys (contrary to statements by critics of the process).
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