Was Psycho trans?
Psycho dressed like a woman, and attacked the lady in the washroom. So does that mean he's a transwoman?
shareNorman Bates was obviously mentally ill. He believed he was his own mother.
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No, he was bananas.
He returns in Psycho 2 after spending, I think it was 22 years in a mental institution.
No gender identity issues.
A confused lunatic.
The man he was based on dressed in women's skin.
shareNorman had a dissociative personality disorder. His mother made him feel guilty about being attracted to women and so when she died, he became his mother and tried to continue the shame and scolding.
shareUmmmm….not exactly……..
shareNo he wasn’t. The psychiatrist made it quite clear. Norman dressing up as a woman wasn’t to fulfill a sexual urge, it was to overcompensate for the guilt he felt for killing her and a way to cope with the years of verbal abuse.
share"He tried to BE his mother...and now he is...probably for all time."
Until Psycho II comes along.
And III.
And IV....