English OII Index

Pathopathology

Michelle O'Brien

Pathopathic Disorders are those suffered by people who are generally referred to as pathopsychopaths, pathosociopaths, and pathological narcisistic pathologisers. French theorists often talk about pathological pathologising as being a form of dull narcisism, observed amongst mainly feminist followers of Lacan.

These pathopathic disorders can be subdivided into pathological autogynephilic pathologisation syndrome (PAP), pathological gender identity pathologisation disorder (PGIP), and pathological sexual differentiation pathologisation disorder (PSDP).

Observation of those who suffer from these disorders shows the distinct similarities between them. They are mostly heterosexual males, at the height of a career in medicine or psychology. They would appear to have relatively high IQ's; somehow, the whole philosophy of IQ testing was never opened to question when its originator, the notorious pathosociopath Hans Eysenk, was discredited some years back. Pathopaths tend to be drawn from the same group of people who establish the criteria for measuring IQ, so it can soon be seen that this idea of their having higher intellegence is a self-perpetuating delusion.

The delusion engendered by them having high IQ's is most clearly illustrated by their transgressing the most fundamental logical flaws; notably arguing from the particular to the general, and arguing from the general to the particular. When this fallacy is pointed out, the usual tactic is to transgress another even more basic logical fallacy, the "argumentum ad hominem": attacking the opponent and their reputation, rather than the arguments they present.

The types of people who suffer from these disorders appear diverse on face value, but there are really only two types of people who end up needing attention. There is the deluded heterosexual male pathologiser, a man who seeks to reinforce his ego through self-aggrandizement, the denigration of vulnerable people, and the publication of papers in journals. Some have suggested this is connected with inability attain sexual arousal without the use of pharmacological aids such as viagra, possibly connected with the lowering of androgen levels through onset of early andropause.

The other type is the non-heterosexual male pathologiser - these appear to be different categories, but are all motivated by the fact that this type would really like to be like heterosexual male pathologisers, but cannot be. This type seeks to imitate them in their pathologising behaviour by seeking out a more marginalised and vulnerable group upon whom they can apply their pathologisms. The most vocal of these is the feminist pathologiser, sometimes lesbian-identified. There is the gay pathologiser. The most recently identified type is the transsexual pathologiser, or the pathological autogynephillic autopathologiser, who is most clearly taking the century old concept of inversion to its logical potential (self-referential-pathologicalism).

Of all of these, there is little effective treatment to be found, which is why they tend to gravitate to the ghettos of gender-based medicine, gender identity clinics, and research into sexual differentiation.