Jack outwardly appears to be a normal, healthy, young adult male. But ever since he was a child, Jack has preferred to dress as a female and play with girls' toys. Jack says he's never felt like a male and psychologically he sees himself as a female trapped inside a male's body. Lately, he has been talking about having a "sex-change" operation so that he will finally have the female body he has always desired. Jack is apparently suffering from ________.

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Jack is exhibiting symptoms of gender dysphoria, which is a condition where a person experiences discomfort or distress because there is a mismatch between their biological sex and their gender identity. The desire for a sex-change operation is a common solution for individuals with gender dysphoria who want to transition to living as their preferred gender. Hermaphroditism refers to a person having both male and female reproductive organs, sexual orientation disorder is not a recognized diagnosis, and transvestic fetishism is a different condition where a person derives sexual pleasure from wearing clothing typically associated with the opposite gender.

Jack Outwardly Appears to Be a Normal, Healthy, Young Adult