Many will say they don't know why they crossdress and/or don't care. They just like the way it makes them feel, especially when they go out in public and intermingle. Serioulsy though, there must be some kind of big payoff for a man to go to all the trouble of shaving his body, attaining a female wardrobe, spending hours on perfecting makeup techniques (and in some cases practicing how to walk and talk like a woman), wearing wigs and jewelery and perfume and generally presenting himself as a woman. Women are usually perplexed as hell by all of this as are men who are not into "it".
Do some feel that doing all of the above somehow in effect turns them "into" a woman at least temporarily or do they just do it because what they are showing in an external way mirrors the feelings that they have inside that cannot be demonstrated in any other way except crossdressing? This question is for crossdressers and does not pertain to TS folks. I've asked it so that SO's and others who try to understand the behavior may get a better idea of what is going on with their man.
I originally did it because I felt, yes, it did turn me into a "woman" for a time(and kind of an escape) but when I really took ownership of myself and my feelings, I realized that this is who I was as a person and I could be myself with or without all the "glitter". Sometimes we are so busy trying to develop the "woman" that we forget about the "man".It's all part of who we are, however. If we like what we see in both modes we are pretty much there. I would be interested in what you all have to say regarding this.