No choice.

[heathr1]

Do you believe that if you were made to dress while younger it would have put you off wanting to dress today?

I do.

[loki_uk]

What got me started was being bullied at first school, wetting myself through stress and being given those big blue school knickers to wear home under a new pair of trousers....

If I'd actually lived with my sister and played dressing up, I don't think I could have purged my urges as long as I have. Blokes clothes just aren't the same as wearing silk knickers, satin dresses and tights ;)

[Nikki A.]

no, but I'd dress better

[Karren H]

Good one, but NO! Being forced to do something you wanted to do anyway isn't really being made and it isn't the same as being forced to do something you don't like. Not the same as being caught smoking and having to smoke a whole pack! I was forced to eat my peas.. I now love peas! I was forced to go to church...go ask Emily Ann about me and religion! :D I was forced to do a lot of things...some I love to do now and some I don't. From my perspective there is no correlation...R squared less that .50 Hehehe

Love Karren

[AndyM]

My opinion is that, if I was made to dress while younger, I would be a full time crossdresser now.

[heathr1]

I'm surprised.

Surely being made to dress by an older sister or mother would be dreadful.

[Karren H]

I'm surprised.

Surely being made to dress by an older sister or mother would be dreadful.

Dreadful or heavenly!! Noooooooo..(spoken softly) Don't make me wear that pretty dress...<GRIN>...again!! Hehehe

Love Karren

[Billijo49504]

No, I don't think it would have been a deterent. As most of us have admitted, we are just wired that way. Actually, I wished I had a sister. Her clothes would have fit better than mom's....:hugs: ...BJ

[Calliope]

Sometimes I wonder: What sort of stuff happened in the era before memory?

I doubt my mother dressed me, though, she didn't especially like being a woman (hated cooking, no gardening, etc.) - and, for many years, made a big issue of me doing 'more normal things for a boy [my] age,' sports in particular. She even sent me to a shrink a few times but I soon got a clean bill of health - I seemed to have forgotten to mention the dressing, oh well. Later when she remarried, my mom got what she wanted - her second son, age 30, is a professional rock-climbing guide; they even get together once a year and do life-threatening macho stunts together. I'd rather write poetry.)

Might have been cool having a sister, although I suspect my mom would have been hard on her.

[carol ann]

As my crossdressing started at an early age, I think any compulsion would only have added to the desire and given a justification for it. had that happened, I suspect that in my mid and late teens which were my most vulnerable years, it would have created emotions that would have made me retreat from real life into a total feminine existence

[Michelle Ellis]

No, it wouldn't have changed me. I've been taking great risks (risk to my outing that is) since I was young, I believe that a chance to do full time then would only enhance who I am now. There's a lot of aspects to being female I would have learned at a young age, such as shaving LOL only something I'm just now becoming only adequate at.

Wish I woulda known then what I know now :p

Interesting question tho, made me think.

M

[Bernice]

Karen and BJ expressed my view perfectly, until I realized that had someone been forcing me to dress, then I would have known there was at least one person in the world who wanted me to dress that way, hence I couldn't be the craziest person on earth anymore, and at least one person wouldn't hate me for wanting to dress that way. That was long before there was an Internet, and long before Ann Landers came out in support of crossdressing husbands.

Well... the whole idea of forced feminization sounds rather like a wild fantasy, though if given the opportunity and the force, I might have tried it on the likes of Sadam Housein and other women-abusing extremists (and maybe Fred Phelps?).

[Lilith Moon]

Sometimes I wonder: What sort of stuff happened in the era before memory?

I have a picture of me at about six months...in a pretty frilly dress :happy:

[pinkshelly]

nnnoooo, ssstttoooppp, I can only eat eat 20, no 30 more pounds of chocolate.
Huggs, Shelly.

[Cherry Lynn]

If I had been made to dress when young I would have probably been full-time by the time I was grown. I remember my mom putting nail polish on me and letting me use lipstick at an early age but not forcing me. She used to sew for people and one time had to sew some dresses for a girl and she used me for a model. I wanted to wear a dress all the time but she would not permit it. Hindsight is always better than foresight.

[kristytv]

i think if was shown and told how to dress when i was younger, would of made me a better fem . and also that i would feel more confident about myself when out dressed , the little that i do do. and with the others, i would more than likely be full time now. kristy

[Billie Renee]

My mom started dressing me when I was very young in my older sisters clothes, I then started wearing all their hand me downs from the age of 5. I now dress full time except for work which they only allow me to dress comfortable when I am on call at night.Other than that I love my life and enjoy every minute I'm dressed.

[KateW]

I started dressing at a very young age also, so I think I would have simply enjoyed the excuse to do it!

[Calliope]

I have a picture of me at about six months...in a pretty frilly dress

That is so cool!

(I took photos of myself enfem when I was 12 - got them developed at the local PhotoShack [whatever they were called]; oh how I wished I had them now.)

[ashlee chiffon]

i Was made to dress when about 8 or so, by my female cousin my age and i Loved IT~ we played house and she was the mother and i was the daughter *her younger brother joined in~ i have fond memories of the summers i went and stayed with her and dressed!...and look at me today! especially enjoyed the spankings! :heehee:
its a lifestyle choice, luv...i truly believe cd's are born to be cd's...no matter what happens when young, we spend our lives wanting to dress and emmulate women...the feeling wanes sometimes and we hide it when we have to, sometimes, but its someting we learn to live with...and hopefully enjoy!

[LindaTS]

I'm not sure just how this would have affected me but I suspect nothing would be different. I can tell you about some other girls that I've met though. One of them is a Female Impersonater. She has two adult sons that she raised as girls and both of them are still full time girls, loving every minute of their lifes. Another girl I know who is full time was raised as a girl by her mother and sister. Like the others, she has no regrets. I somehow think that most of us would still be CD's if that had happened to us. As for me, I'm a TS and spend about 90% of the time as a woman. Hopefully this will change to 100% one day soon.

[britney1]

Do you believe that if you were made to dress while younger it would have put you off wanting to dress today?

I do.

Is that why I don't like spinach? Must be!

[avawho]

No way what so ever... as it would have been fun... In my case, it is only if forced to do something which I DON'T want to do that it will make a difference to future behaviour or outlook... I had to help my dad constantly rebuild his old wooden boat every three years or so as it was a leaky old tub... caulking, stripping paint and repairs... I'll NEVER own a wooden boat unless it is for target practice.

Cheers
Ava

[Tiffy]

No it would not have put me off but I am sure I would have even more clothes and may have even been out by now.

April Marie

[Jessica_six]

I was already dressing at a young age. Well, I remember trying on my sisters bikini at a real young age, like 5 or 6, and then it progressing into sneaking into her room or my moms to try on their clothes after that. That was from about 8 or 9 and on.
For me I think my female side has always been slightly predominant in how I look at things and how I can relate to more "female" things (love chick flicks and anything romantic) than "male" things (absolutley hate sports of almost any kind).
I think I'd still be dressing even if I was forced. In fact, after thinking about it as I've been typing, I think I would probably be full time as a woman now if I had been forced to dress as a child. It would have just reinforced the feelings I had even then instead of having to hide them.