I turn myself on!

[Lynn Marie]

So when I get dressed, I just love both the way I look and the way my clothing feels on my body. It just turns me on. How about you?

Isn't there a name for that.

[jenny30]

yeah I totally get turned on when I feel the clothes touch my body. It is relaxing. Look up transvestec fetishism... excuse the spelling :) My Gf knows that I dress, and now that we don't live with our roomates anymore. I don't have to hide it. It sends this click in my brain and I crave dressing. Which in a way I don't like that I have no restrictions around the house. When I had to hide it, I had much more control. Now its a cycle that doesn't go away. I love dressing, but I want to be in control of the clothes, not the other way around. Hope this helps a little.

[Holly]

Yes there is... autogynephilia. Try Googling it.

[docrobbysherry]

Jenny and Holly NAILED the answers in the first 2 posts!:)

And, I'll gladly answer to EITHER of those terms!:heehee:

[Kathi Lake]

Gee Holly, I thought it was autoeroticism. :)

Kathi

[Lynn Marie]

Egads, I'm labeled. Defined. Identified. Glad I know what I am now. I'm probably the only one though.

[Nicole Erin]

Gee Holly, I thought it was autoeroticism. :)

Kathi

No, it is called "manualeroticism"

[bobbie2jean2]

No, you're certainly not alone! Well maybe you ARE alone when you're enjoying yourself there, but there certainly are many others of us who get off the same way. I've been crossdressing since pre-school and it's always been a fetish for me. Now it's more than a fetish, but it still has a very sensual and even sexual component for me. I've been "out" to my wife for a couple of years now and we've gone together to TG support group meetings and events, but I'm still shy and self-conscious about all of my sexual feelings when I'm en femme. She's understanding and supportive, and has fun with it. But she's a girl that has no real interest in other girls, and no interest in being the boy .....I know I should be careful what I wish for .... but .......

[erickka]

Count me in. I love the soft frilly fabrics and the feel of my nylon clad legs. Not to mention the click of stilettos on hard floors.

[shadyterri]

Lynn Marie,
I can completely identify with your assessment of both looking and feeling good when dressed. To me accepting oneselfs feminine side is important and one way of doing that is enjoying how you look when dressed. I think the feeling good follows that.
Hugs,
Terri

[Tamara Croft]

Yes there is... autogynephilia. Try Googling it.I thought it was called vainess.... :straightface:

[Cathy J]

Call it what you will, I just love it. I look so good and feel so good! I just love the lady in the mirror.

Hugs

[Georginamilnes]

I am turned on when I am putting on my make up,dressing in soft feminine clothes,and seeing my self in the mirror as a woman. Then there comes the wonderful feeling of anticipation ,:love:knowing my man will soon come knocking.

[bobbie2jean2]

Oh come on! Have a little more fun! What's the point of crossdressing if it doesn't feel good and look good? The softness of some fabrics. To be encased in those electricified hose. To be up on your toes, your butt uplifted and swaying with each step, the vulnerablity of your accessible skirt, the curves of your hips and breasts, your wet ruby red lips, your long hair cascading down on your bare shoulders, your scent wafting through the air as you bat your long eyelashes and sashay gracefully through the hotel bar .....mmmmmmmmm .....then vanity be my name! Anyone else care to join me in some feeling good?!?

[dawnmarrie1961]

This isn't the light switch again is it? No. Thomas Edison would have something to say about that.

Do I get sexually aroused by myself when I'm dressed? Not anymore. That boat don't float for me. Sex and sexual arousal aren't part of the equation anymore. That's because I've moved on from just cross dressing and am taking a more permanent solution.

Be safe. Be smart.

Dawn Marrie

[Yvonne York]

It's what it's all about girl! Feel good, look good and wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dawnmarrie1961]

yeah "Yano"!




Be safe. Be smart.

Dawn Marrie

[Michelle-Leigh]

What turns me on is not just simply wearing the clothes, but the reflection of Michelle all dolled up and looking back at me with those big girly eyes at times !

[Lynn Marie]

Oh come on! Have a little more fun! What's the point of crossdressing if it doesn't feel good and look good? The softness of some fabrics. To be encased in those electricified hose. To be up on your toes, your butt uplifted and swaying with each step, the vulnerablity of your accessible skirt, the curves of your hips and breasts, your wet ruby red lips, your long hair cascading down on your bare shoulders, your scent wafting through the air as you bat your long eyelashes and sashay gracefully through the hotel bar .....mmmmmmmmm .....then vanity be my name! Anyone else care to join me in some feeling good?!?

Okay, I bow to a real wordsmith. Who can say it better than this? Well done.

[Eva]

So when I get dressed, I just love both the way I look and the way my clothing feels on my body. It just turns me on. How about you?

Isn't there a name for that.

The only name one can give this is "satification"

[bobbie2jean2]

Okay, I bow to a real wordsmith. Who can say it better than this? Well done.

Well, thank YOU very much! What do they say? The mind is our largest sex organ? Something like that. :D

[ReineD]

OK, so far we have autogynephelia and auto/manual eroticism (which are not the same, BTW), and vainness. I'll suggest one more .. fetish?

[Kathi Lake]

I'll suggest one more .. fetish?Ding ding ding ding!!!

We have a winnah!

:)

Kathi

[GingerLeigh]

Been there, done that, doing that etc... Definately not alone. I do find now that the fetishistic aspect of my dressing is waning, and I am simply enjoying the feeling of being feminine. I still do get aroused though. I can't help it, I'm one hot momma..LOL... I look like a, well,..never mind. I'm pretty thin so I don't look at my face too much. I still haven't mastered the makeup end of it yet.

Ginger

[Barbara Jo]

Yes there is... autogynephilia. Try Googling it.

Yes, although "autogynephilia" is a "dirty word" for most TS, I think there is some truth in it especially for CDs/TVs.

I also think that many GG woman experience autogynephilia to one extent or another.
Many GG woman also truly enjoy being a female (enjoying their breasts and vagina, etc) and also get turned on by dressing very feminine.

In the end, autogynephilia is stiil a made up term and open to debate about its validity.

[Leslie Langford]

Gee Holly, I thought it was autoeroticism. :)

Kathi

...that in their own way, Jay Leno with his collection of dozens of vintage and classic cars and Jerry Seinfeld with his 40-odd Porsches suffer from as well :eek:;)?

[ReineD]

I also think that many GG woman experience autogynephilia to one extent or another.
Many GG woman also truly enjoy being a female (enjoying their breasts and vagina, etc) and also get turned on by dressing very feminine.


I'm sorry, but this sheer fantasy. Yes, we do enjoy being women, much like non-CD GMs enjoy being male, but not to the point where we get off simply by thinking of our own body parts. If I am feeling particularly sexy wearing specific clothing, I'll become aroused at the thought of my effect on a partner, not on myself. If I enjoy self-touch, it is in the context of imagining myself to be with my SO, not all by myself.

[Stephenie S]

Originally Posted by Barbara Jo
I also think that many GG woman experience autogynephilia to one extent or another.
Many GG woman also truly enjoy being a female (enjoying their breasts and vagina, etc) and also get turned on by dressing very feminine.

This is your male imagination talking here. If I got "turned on" by getting dressed in the morning, I would never get to work. Clothes are clothes and bodies are bodies. I've got a body and I have clothes. Niether have much to do with my getting "turned on".

Do I enjoy having breasts? Yup. But do I get turned on by having them? Not really. I could get turned on by senuous breast play from a lover. But just from having breasts? Sorry. Go back to your Playboy magazine.

Autogynephilia is a dirty word in the TG community because it just ain't true. The concept of getting "turned on" by having a female body exists only in the perverted minds of the MALE proponents of this rediculous theory. They think, just as Barbara Jo does, that it MUST be erotic to have a female body, but it's really just an adolescent male fantasy.

Stephie

[Areyan]

I keep getting sad because I can't find the retarded emoticon to express how I feel about this thread. :sad:

:heehee:

:lol2:

[NicoleScott]

I call it "pleasure". Nothing wrong with that, is there? We all get a payoff from dressing. If it's not pleasure, it's something else.

[GeorgiaHall]

Uh yup, I get turned on too

[ReineD]

Autogynephilia is a dirty word in the TG community because it just ain't true. The concept of getting "turned on" by having a female body exists only in the perverted minds of the MALE proponents of this rediculous theory.

It is true that Autogynephilia was rejected as a theory for TSs wanting to transition. But there are still lots of CDs who report a sexual response to themselves as women (which is the definition of AGP) when dressed. In this thread (http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=123981&highlight=autogynephilia&page=7) there are 151 responses. More than half (83) said it was a turn on. The remaining responses were a mixture of multiple posts, ambiguous responses and those who responded in the negative although many people indicated it was a turn on when they were younger.

[Samantha B L]

It's gotta be a mistake to think that women are in constant autoeroticism through their clothing and the overall shape and dimensions of their bodies and hair,nails,etc..There is one thing though,their clothes and hairstyles and things like makeup are to me,and I will admit that I'm an M to F CD'r,on the whole more fun than what guys usually wear. When I dressed for the first time when I was 11 or 12 and for a long time afterward it was in part a kind of fetishy arousal thing which especially ocurred in conjunction with certain types of clothing. This has been fading back in the past 10 or 15 years and I'm going into more of a "narcisisstic" thing with trying to perfect my look with digital camera photo shoots. I really couldn't give anybody a solid explanation as to just exactly why I do this. I would be very bored and p----- o-- if some outside agency took a police measure of some sort forcing me to stop! In a way,this is a kind of exotic escape for me.

[Barbara Jo]

Originally Posted by Barbara Jo
I also think that many GG woman experience autogynephilia to one extent or another.
Many GG woman also truly enjoy being a female (enjoying their breasts and vagina, etc) and also get turned on by dressing very feminine.

This is your male imagination talking here. If I got "turned on" by getting dressed in the morning, I would never get to work. Clothes are clothes and bodies are bodies. I've got a body and I have clothes. Niether have much to do with my getting "turned on".

Do I enjoy having breasts? Yup. But do I get turned on by having them? Not really. I could get turned on by senuous breast play from a lover. But just from having breasts? Sorry. Go back to your Playboy magazine.

Autogynephilia is a dirty word in the TG community because it just ain't true. The concept of getting "turned on" by having a female body exists only in the perverted minds of the MALE proponents of this rediculous theory. They think, just as Barbara Jo does, that it MUST be erotic to have a female body, but it's really just an adolescent male fantasy.

Stephie

So, are you agreeing with me or not?
You stated the you "enjoy" your breasts as I said.

Maby you don't but, I have met quite a few GGs who freeely admitted that it was a turn on for them to dress feminine and sexy.

BTW, I now know more about you than you claim to know about me :)

[ReineD]

I have met quite a few GGs who freeely admitted that it was a turn on for them to dress feminine and sexy.

I would go back and ask them precisely what it is that turns them on. Themselves, or the thought of being with their partner while they are dressed like this.

[Tammy Lynn]

So when I get dressed, I just love both the way I look and the way my clothing feels on my body. It just turns me on. How about you?

Isn't there a name for that. me tha same i get dress up i think i look buitiful peaple say i do somtimes an i feel the same way.