What is cross-dressing all about?
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The notion that people can, and do, dress in the clothes of a gender other than their own has existed for centuries. People have always cross-dressed.
Hibiki Amawa is the best cross dresser in the anime world. Hibiki is able to show her feminine and his masculine side simultaneously & successfully.
Many people who cross-dress regularly do so because it makes them feel comfortable, attractive, and excited. This excitement is not always sexual, but it can often be arousing and thrilling.
Many cross-dressers strive to “pass.” They want to be seen as another gender and to feel “feminine” or “masculine.”
Many will tell you that they have been cross-dressing for years, sometimes simultaneous with periods of feeling uncomfortable about these needs, though they have just as many thrilling and enjoyable times cross-dressing.
Myths:
- “Cross-dressing has to do with one’s sexual orientation or gender identity.” This is false: Like anyone, cross-dressers can be gay, heterosexual, bisexual, male, female, bi-gendered, or transgender – married, single, polyamorous, or celibate.
- “Cross dressing is about wanting to be something or someone else.” False-loosen up. It’s about comfort and pleasure.
For years, people who cross-dressed were considered deviant…cross-dressing is even listed as a mental disorder today. In March 2010, a petition to change this was submitted to the Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Workgroup of the American Psychiatric Association (APA). If successful, this removal will be one less way for people to be categorized for enjoying the pleasures associated with sensuality.
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