And he writes affectionately about the eccentric and artistically talented Cher, whom he identifies as an autogynephile – though she vehemently disagrees. She tells him about the ‘robot man’ that ‘Chuck’ (her name pre-transition) constructed to enact his fantasy of vaginal penetration. It had a ‘penis’ made of a dildo, and an arm that could be manipulated to stroke his back. A mirror on the ceiling enabled Chuck to view this simulacrum of heterosexual sex, dressed as a woman with the robot man penetrating his anus.
