Although it is socially acceptable for women to wear men’s clothes it is not for men to wear women’s clothes.Ĭross dressing does not exclude based on profession or financial status.
Therefore, men who are cross dressers are often viewed by others as deviant weirdo’s to stay away from, to be afraid of.
It is a myth to believe that all cross dressers are homosexual or bi-sexual.
There are many cross dressers who are heterosexual men. It is those men who report they enjoy the feel of women’s clothes, the excitement of pushing the limits of societal acceptance, and/or enjoy the feel of risk taking (e.g., they could be caught).
It is a myth to believe all cross dressers includes a sexual component to the cross dressing.
Some cross dressers only do it for the enjoyment of drag and there is not a sexual fetish aspect of it. Whereas other cross dressers are heterosexual males who cross dress as a part of a sexual fetish.
It is a common myth to believe that all cross dressers are transgender.
Transgender is a term used for a person who experiences a lack of internal fit between their own gender identity and the gender roles made by society.
Transsexual is a person who does not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth.
In essence, they believe their assigned sex is wrong.
There are cross dressers who enjoy cross-play cross dressing where their female partner joins in on the cross dressing, whereas others do not partake in cross-play.Ĭross dressing does not infer nor mean the person necessarily identifies as a transsexual.
Cross dressing males commonly report they remember as far back as early childhood enjoying dressing in female clothes.
Cross dressers often find an increase in their desire to cross dress as they age.