Originally Posted by
Zooey
I don't think you can judge the frequency of fetish by the frequency of masturbation. Just because you didn't masturbate, doesn't mean that you didn't extract a sexual thrill from something. I think there are a number of stories related in the CD forum here that are describing exactly that. Whether masturbation occurred at some point or not, it's still a sexual experience.
Think of the foot fetishist who stares at a woman's feet in public. They're unlikely to be masturbating in that situation, but they are undeniably feeling a sexual thrill associated with their fetish.
When we're talking about issues like bathrooms, and the concerns some women have about men in there (I'm thinking of the women, including myself, who say "if they transition and live as women then okay, but not CD men"), I think it goes beyond fear of some dude masturbating in a stall. It's the fear/feeling of being a prop in somebody's fantasy. Very few people want their basic bodily waste-management functions to be part of anybody's thrill.
I've personally encountered (yes, in real life) enough CDs making a big production out of being in the women's room that I have no doubt they're getting something out of it. In a number of those cases, I'm pretty sure it was sexual. I KNOW it's not ALL CDs, but I personally think the population here has a skewed perception of how widespread this is, partly out of not being able to see it in themselves, and partly due to the fact that we do have people here who I have no doubt are perfectly normal about things, and they tend to be vocal (which is not a bad thing).