Who are Macho Men

[WendyD]

I’m carious to find out if there are any other CDs out there who have a stereo typical “Macho” job. I work in a field that is stereo typically macho. A matter of a fact I’m a manager and have worked in this field for 20 years.
I think it would be interesting to hear from those who are M to F CDs, like me.

I don’t want to offend anyone but I would like to hear from those who are just cross-dressing, not those who are in the process of being transgender.

So let’s hear from those construction workers, line men, firefighters, police officers and soldiers. You don’t have to say what you do if you don’t want to.

[TJ Tresa]

I have worked in factories all my life, and every one of them has been domantly male so I have never been able to dress or even under dress as a result. The area in which I reside has way too many Red Necks who wouldn't or couldn't understand.

[trannie T]

I was a correctional officer in a state prison for 25 years. The last several years I wore panties under my uniform every day.

[EjayeCD]

I've dressed since I was 5-6, and I've been a cop for 27 years.

[jennifer easton]

Well I was in the lumber business, until December, thats when my macho job of 37 years, came to an end! drove a truck and delivered to home construction sites for 25 years and then worked in the yard and drove a fork for the last 12, of which I under dressed for 3 of the last years,December the 4th, they came in and said thats it boys we got to close her down, B**T***s

[Dressing Jill]

Hi

I do handyman work. That is everything in the construction trade from yard work to building houses to ac, electrical, plumbing, I do tile and hardwood, I have a cabinet shop and make the most beautiful cabinets. The list goes on and on. I have 5 master licenses and 3 journeyman licenses. I do not do roofing, concrete, or carpet, or fences.

Still don't know what I want to do when I grow up......

I work pretty much for women. As they are the ones that are at home and have talked there hubbies into the work.

I do one job at a time and when it's done I call the next person on the list. I won't do it any other way. If the weather is bad I go fishing or hang out at home and play billiards. Of course I get dressed up when I am home. I have clothes that are everyday clothes. People respect my work and wait on me to finish what I am doing before they get there turn. I think people like that, as I do not have any other work but theirs at the time and I give them my full undivided attention until we are done. When I am out of work to do. I can call on just about any one I have done work for and get work. It is my complete focus on them that keep me busy. I do not do work that is sub par. It is perfect or I do it again or find out how.

Is this what you were looking for.

I am macho as I am the boss on the job site. Except for the customer. I pamper my customers and indulge them in all of there ideas. I love to be creative.

I love to make ugly things into pretty things again.

Some have tried to challenge me as to my authority on the job site and have lost badly. I have ran off more than one A$$$$$ in my life and will run many more off before I am done. I do not put up with any BS. It is straight forward or the highway.

I do not do work for slumb lords as I have tried in the past and have got burnt 2 times and there will not be a third time. They all have pretty much the same attitude. So they can hire someone else every time. "I will not do work on rent houses."

That being said I am the most loving and caring person out there. LOL.... Just a little softness to over ride all of the moacho grap.

Jill my other side keeps me grounded. I don't have to be a meany very often but when one gets me to that point kady bar the door because you are going to catch it. I am strong and work out and in pretty good shape However I have the middle age curse that most of the men in the US have and that is a belly. I am trying really hard to get rid of that but it was a lot more fun to get it then it has been to get rid of it.LOL....

I can go on and on and would love to if you ask.


Hugs :hugs:

Jill



There is always room for more friends in my heart :sf:

[Barbra_in_Tulsa]

Former cop, did it for 8 years before going to law school.

[docrobbysherry]

There AREN'T many jobs only men do, these days! With women working as police, fire(men), and in the military. I've seen women carpenters and working in construction trades!

Even a woman handi(man). Altho she is a big, strong dyke. ( My ex's girlfriend). :)

[TSchapes]

I'm a mainframe programmer, that's as macho as I get. I don't work on the little servers, and PCs everyone's so fond of! I guess if I did that would make me girly? LOL :heehee:

Nope, I'm a geek, sorry.

-Tracy

[insearchofme]

As far as I know there is only one woman in my profession and she may not be in it any more. as far as I'm concerned, I love this profession and am glad there are just guys. It's the Macho man in me coming out!

[Noxvictum]

Well, work was long, hot, and dirty, and the off time was lots of drinking. I was told I had habits that made me look tough. Some of it was compensation, however. Had to step-up to the alpha males, and what not.

[Kathi Lake]

I load bombs, bullets, missiles and nukes on the F-16 in the US Air Force. Macho enough for you? :D

Kathi

[Annette_boy]

Hi All

I spent 23 years in U.S.Navy I was a Boatswains mate and did the Deck work I was inRiver Patroal boats and also in Mine Hunter Beach masters and drove Landing craft and was on a Cable layer working in the Arctic all in all a busy career and I am relaxing as my Girly self to compensate for all the macho stuff over all those years
Hugs Annette

[chelle]

I taught HS Science for over 30 years and was not a coach. No group is more maucho than coaches. Very limited vocabulary and subjects. They thought that any man teaching and not a coach were misfits. I learned to stay away from them and got along much better with the women teachers. They would sometimes even ask my opinion about clothes. One even asked me if I had a bra for a backless dress.

[Kathi Lake]

. . . One even asked me if I had a bra for a backless dress.Well? Did you? :)

Kathi

[Dressing Jill]

I load bombs, bullets, missiles and nukes on the F-16 in the US Air Force. Macho enough for you? :D

Kathi

you win that is awesome.


Hugs

Jill

[Erica K.]

I used to be a structural iron worker, building buildings. I had several warehouse jobs, now I'm have an office job dominated by women.

[Elizebeth]

I work constuction and play with 480 volts

[chelle]

I had several others, but didn't tell that. No, Didn't have one for backless dress

[Bethany38]

My whole life has been spent in typically male professions.
I've turned wrenches, drove trucks, been a bouncer, and for the last seven years I was an wrecker operator working closely with several police districts. That is until last Friday when Iwas let go. Now I am currently rethinking things trying to come up with something new to do. Hopefully I can find anything in todays times, but none the less I am very happy with the way I have made my living in my life. Now I am just hopeing to find a way to allow the whole of me to be involved. Yeah I know, I don't ask for much!:heehee:

[Kathi Lake]

I load bombs, bullets, missiles and nukes on the F-16 in the US Air Force. Macho enough for you? :D

Kathi


you win that is awesome

Hugs

JillThanks Jill! Actually, since I have been in for over 28 years, they don't trust me to load bombs anymore. Now I have a truck, a radio and a clipboard and supervise other macho men (and women) while they do the actual loading.

People now tell me to stay in my truck since I might "break a nail" if I got out. :)


I had several others, but didn't tell that. No, Didn't have one for backless dressYou didn't tell them? Chicken!! :D

Kathi

[Michelle S]

I am a mathematician. My department is 10% female. About 25% of advanced degrees are awarded to women.
The culture is very liberal but still highly masculine. No one I work with knows I cross dress.

[Alice Green]

I work in a job that requires lots of hard manual labor but there are plenty of women who work along side me, but I want a job that fits more with the person that I am it’s just the money is too good and too hard to find a job in the field I want.

[Michala]

I work as a carpenter and love the winter when I can wear a bra to work and no one knows the difference under the other clothes. In the summer the sweat through my tshirt might show the other workers more than I want. :battingeyelashes:

[BLUE ORCHID]

Fourty years in the heavy petroleum industry.
If you are not macho you will be crushed like a bug.
Big time stress couldn't wait to get home and wait for ORCHID time
after family time---family first!!!!
.................................................. ............thanks....ORCHID

[Joyce1702]

Police Officer for 25 years.

Joyce

[Intertwined]

Crew superintendant of an asphalt crew paving roads for 5 years

Attractions host at Disneyland for 2 years

Heavy equipment operator for 2 years

School bus driver for 1 year

US Navy for 6 years, 3 years on a Fast Attack submarine as a sonar technician.

[Suzy_French]

Macho is just how you look......I'm mentally tougher than most straight guys I know and can work harder than most of them too. Most men are pussies individually when it comes to the crunch, there is just a face to it when they are in a group. I'm no different, just a little more caring and affectionate. I work in a male dominated world, so I just put on the face at times, but I'm much fairer to woman and others that don't fit the mold.

Suzy

[MissConstrued]

Carpenter (all round, so electrical, plumbing, everything else too), heavy equipment operator, auto mechanic. I don't think myself compensating for anything, as some here have suggested in other threads. It's the stuff I like to do, and I'm good at it.

Now, with construction being slow, I'm stuck in IT, which is still pretty heavily male.

I've had two short-lived office jobs with lots of women around... always felt like I was walking on eggshells. I'm a little rough around the edges I guess. Hate working indoors.

[rwjones]

I was a Marine, an oil refinery operator and a power plant manager. That's enough macho to drive anyone to CD!

[Ralph]

Carpenter (all round, so electrical, plumbing, everything else too), heavy equipment operator, auto mechanic.
I wish I could do that. I have a pretty analytical mind, but I am hopelessly incompetent about all things mechanical. I see people who can single-handedly whip up a patio or storage shed or whatever in a day; it takes me weeks to do a simple project and it's always out of balance. I can't change the oil on my car without someone holding my hand every step of the way.


Now, with construction being slow, I'm stuck in IT, which is still pretty heavily male.
I guess that depends on what portion of the IT industry. When I started at my company 16 years ago as a PC application programmer, the only women at the company were in training and accounting, and after 5 years we hired one female programmer (who had a chip on her shoulder and could beat any guy in a pissing contest). Moved over to tech support for a while, and it was (and is) predominantly female. Now I'm back in programming after a 12 year absence, and half my colleagues are women as well as most of the people further up the food chain. Granted it's "only" PC and web development, but there's still much less disparity than there was a decade ago.

ralph

[Sarasometimes]

I can't tell you specifically what I do but it involves burning buildings and big red trucks. I have also done construction on the side, so sorry nothing macho here.

[dennisGTS]

I've been in the Army for over 13 years - working on 20 - and have been in the field of Aviation my whole career so far. More specifically, my career has involved the UH-60 Blackhawk Helicopter; when I was enlisted, I was a basic AVIM mechanic and crewchief. After a few years of being enlisted, I put my packet in and now I'm a Warrant Officer, first starting off as a basic line Pilot and now I'm currently a Maintenance Test Pilot maintaining all my company's aircraft while being in charge of all the basic mechanics and crewchiefs.

[BarbiB]

I am a father and a grandfather. I provided the macho and my wife brought the femme qualities that allowed our progeny to grow and mature with a well balanced family upbringing. Proud of my lifetime of "role play" that is a prerequisite for making the conscious decision to raise a family and propogate the species. As an added benefit, it made it a whole lot easier to find work and earn a living. Everything else I do is just leisure and fantasy.

[inquisitiv]

Yep. I worked in the utility business for over 30 years. And I built hot-rods in my younger days, and I still do plumbing & heating, electrical, mechanical, carpentry, masonry, tilesetting, millwork and of course automotive (including computers). I also hunt, enjoy trap and skeet shooting, and rifle marksmanship, including high power. Though I have started growing my nails a tad longer lately:).

[gwen cd]

11 years and counting as a Hydraulic fitter/ specialist
as well as an overhead crane Tech.
All electrical, mechanical and instrumentation with rigging and boilermaking
Sort of a (I do it all) even crossdress....
If 70 meters above the ground walking on a 5 inch beam is not manly enought then I don't know.

[jennifer easton]

I'll drink to Kathi!!

[Darla L]

I work in industrial construction. I "under dress" always, and because of the outer wear we are required to wear I occasionally wear womens jeans and a blouse. My only fear is if I were to get a chemical on me then I have to strip and jump into a safety shower. As you can imagine it would be difficult to keep the respect of the crews I supervise if I were to get found out.

[Josephine 1941]

Hi Wendy, Well for starters I was a U D T in the Navy that was pre seals. Sniper, got a hole in my butt from a little tour in 59 plus cut all over my body. I then took a safe job as a power line man worked 13,800 volts at 200 amps, climbed on wood 75 ft,steel 280, wore pantie hose durning the winter helped wick away the moister from the skin. Loved to dress since early child hood. Still dress at 68 have a M/C 750 Honda , 26 ft sail boat learning how to sail, have 56 GG that is the same size as me an loves me dearly. We also wear the same size cloths 16 shoes too 10 1/2 to 11 , and are biggest fights is one or the other takes the skirt or dress that we had planed on wearing, a real cat fight. I hope this is what you were looking for . :devil::blah::cheers::lol2::stirthepot::awe::love: :sw::tongue::danceman:

[Tracii G]

Well here goes.
Viet Nam combat vet 3 tours 101st Airborne, Track driven back hoe operator,Truck driver(big ones),Steel fabrication welder.

[Sarasometimes]

A sincere THANKYOU to ALL the Vets among us! WOW ! UDT, 3 tours, missile loader. Thanks for keeping me safe and free! Someone once said "It take balls to be a CD." It certainly is true here.

[Cristina]

I worked landscaping and now in a lumber yard......man what I wouldnt give to see looks on the faces if a girl was driving all that equipment :daydreaming:

[krissy]

i have been certified mechanic for 34 years i under dress in hose and panties but i dress up as much as possable when i can been married fo 28 years she cant stand but we cope :hugs:

[Lorileah]

I wrestle...cats. You may not think that is macho but try roping one sometime.

OK Its a femme job I admit it but I like being around puss....er... cats a lot, they are a lot like me. They don't care what everyone else thinks of them either :)

[Sigrid Cutie]

well i'm a Systems Administrator, not too macho but at work are all guys,
i've been CDing since i was 6.

[Nicki B]

I load bombs, bullets, missiles and nukes on the F-16 in the US Air Force.

They only have the one???? :eek:


I thought that was the Royal Air Force...

[Kathi Lake]

They only have the one???? :eek:


I thought that was the Royal Air Force...Well, the F-16 is the airframe, the series of aircraft, what have you. In this case, the term "F-16" is a collective noun - but you already knew that, didn't you? :)

Kathi

[Nicki B]

but you already knew that, didn't you? :)

Hell, in 17 yrs as an infantry officer, I did two intelligence tours - so it's highly unlikely... :roflmao:

[Stormgirl]

I joined the Marines - is that macho enough?

[AZGia]

I did twenty years as a mechanic then started as a parttime firefighter been full time for fifteen years and have raced motorcycles for 42 years from motocross to drag racing at present. I have no macho in me.

[Fab Karen]

They have moustaches, sing in a band, and all wear costumes :D

[Laura_Stephens]

I'm a mainframe programmer, that's as macho as I get. I don't work on the little servers, and PCs everyone's so fond of! I guess if I did that would make me girly? LOL :heehee:

Nope, I'm a geek, sorry.

-Tracy

As a former assembler person...

BR R14

[Sandra Dunn]

Truth be known the term "Macho man" became popular from the Village People when they used it as the title and theme of one of their biggest hits. The old term is from Mid America and they are the men who chase after us. The Transgender women from that part of the world are Muxes. The female Muxes are saught after by the Macho male.

HUGS Sandra

[rachel_rachel]

I was in a typically male dominated trade for 10 years as a panel beater and spray painter. Now i've followed my dad into driving trucks for a living.

I'm the type of blokes bloke who doesn't shave all week, i drink, i don't take any $h** from anybody and will knock someones block off if they cross me the wrong way.

If only they could see me when i get home.

[5150 Girl]

I was a video journalist for over a decade.
Now, i'm a finish carpenter.

[PretzelGirl]

Well here goes.
Viet Nam combat vet 3 tours 101st Airborne, Track driven back hoe operator,Truck driver(big ones),Steel fabrication welder.

So you are one of those people I heard about that lied about your age to get it the military. :liar: Shame on you! :heehee:


They have moustaches, sing in a band, and all wear costumes :D

"I dress in woman's clothing, and hang around in bars!"


For me, 20 years in the military although you can never call any one job macho. Well maybe a male stripper.

[Jilmac]

I'm retired now but have always worked at jobs that required physical labor starting with a job as a carpenter's helper (age 17). I served a hitch in the navy working as a hull technician (fancy name for carpenter). After the navy I spent a couple years in a factory as a maintenance mechanic, and a foundry as an inspector in quality control. I spent 29 years working as a carpenter for the largest electric utility in my state doing everything from building and grounds maintenance to new construction. I have also operated construction equipment, and driven a quad axle dump truck.

If any of my macho co workers had known about my crossdressing I may have been harrassed so I just kept quiet and enjoyed dressing in the closet. Now that I'm retired and widowed, I'm out to the world and loving it.

[jenny8884]

I load bombs, bullets, missiles and nukes on the F-16 in the US Air Force. Macho enough for you? :D

Kathi

Hi Kathi,

I was part of an engineering team that built the F-16. You are so right!! Talk about a macho alpha male environment. If you wore panties in this crowd you are the bravest soldier I know.

If you can do that, you can do anything.

You inspire me.

Jenny

[jenny8884]

I am a mathematician. My department is 10% female. About 25% of advanced degrees are awarded to women.
The culture is very liberal but still highly masculine. No one I work with knows I cross dress.

Hi Michelle,

I spent a lot of time at SIU so I can relate to your situation. Your characterization of the SIU culture is so right on!! No one I work with knows I cross dress either. I'm glad we have something in common. Someday......

Love,

Jenny

[Melissa Anne]

I don't know how "macho" my job is but I'm an engineering geologist. I spend a good part of my work day around or talking to engineers, architects, and construction workers. Not exactly a CD friendly environment.

[joann426]

macho man i also worked underground in the coal mines for 21years and worked in the salt mines in cleveland for 7 years now i am retired i some times get board then i get dressed up . but i do what i want all the time it has been times i am busy and some times i just do just a little

[Aleca]

I worked in the field of newspaper photojournalism for many years until laid off last Spring. It was a pretty macho position as I had so many photo shoots involving sports and went to so many athletic events, surrounded by macho athletes and sports fans. It was a tough environment for a CD male. Not only the macho environment but the work hours as well, being on call, working too long to have any energy when I got home - then get called back into work for something that went wrong. Impossible to dress up with a work environment like that. Getting laid off was the best thing for Aleca.

[WendyD]

All the responses to my thread were great. It is great to see there are so many just like me. This is a really big help for me. Only a year ago I realized this was a lifelong experience. I had no idea there was a site like this. A couple of days after my wife confronted me, she told me she looked up CDing on the internet and discovered CDing doesn’t go away and there is no cure.

Reading all your responses help me in accepting this. And I don’t feel so guilty enjoying cross-dressing.

[Georgia Rose]

Reading all your responses help me in accepting this. And I don’t feel so guilty enjoying cross-dressing.

Wendy, nothing to feel guilty about. It's just you expressing yourself. I've worked and associated with a lot of macho guys over the years who are so afraid to show any feelings. It takes a bigger person to admit, even to themselves, that they may have a softer (femme) side. My smilie says it all for my macho bit (black stuff from Ireland)

:drink:

[noeleena]

hi.. oh i never related to that . a bit soft & not in the head ether ..well may be . am 61 .& ment to be retired . a chippy done joinery & cabinat making .plus many other jobs farm work as well . a county lass now . & still doing chippy work .as a women . the men just accecpt me as one . no probs ..over 45 years in the trades..& never saw my self as a male . not in the way you mean ...a strange bird this one ..oh for got a kiwi ......he he ...oh well
...noeleena...

[Marie O]

I worked as a Firefighter, 4 years in the Army, Raced cars, and drove trucks! enjoyed all of it, Macho? no don't think so!

[Jaydee]

Wendy, don't feel guilty. For most of us, CDing is a part of us that we didn't ask for, any more than blue eyes. As for macho jobs, I think the most difficult part is putting up with the work culture, which may not have anything to do with the difficulty of the job itself.

In my younger days I taught wilderness survival and search and rescue. In the Air Force I taught student pilots how to fly supersonic jets. (Yes, there were days I wore pantyhose and panties under my flightsuit). Nowadays, I haul 300+ people at a time across the ocean at 35,000 feet.

Jaydee

[Kathi Lake]

Hi Kathi,

I was part of an engineering team that built the F-16. You are so right!! Talk about a macho alpha male environment. If you wore panties in this crowd you are the bravest soldier I know.

If you can do that, you can do anything.

You inspire me.

JennyJenny, I love your jet! It has been a sweet airframe for the almost 30 years I've worked on it. I'm looking forward to being one of the first to work on the F-35 when we get it here in a few years as well (the Air Force is going to have to kick me out :)).

As for wearing panties, nothing feels better when it's 130 degrees outside under a hot, sticky uniform than a pair of nice cool microfiber panties. Believe me, I wasn't the only one wearing them in Iraq. The word got out (I heard it from a friend. Honest! :)) that they felt cooler and suddenly guys were writing back home for "care packages" from their wife. :)

Kathi

[Koka]

I am Construction Project Manager in NYC and deal with construction workers everyday. I am in the field everyday wearing my steel toe boots..

KOKA