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    Just for fun and not to debate what number are you?

    Ranges Of Behavior:

    Within the TV/TS Community, there is a wide range of behavior. Doctor Harry Benjamin (as a pioneer in gender related problems in the early 1960's) designed a scale of behavior as a guide to treatment for the TV and TS. Its six positions represent the dressing and emotional preferences of his patients.

    (0) Is the so called "straight" person who has no interest in becoming an actual crossdresser.

    (1) Represents the person who is thinking of becoming a crossdresser or may have been one. There is no actual crossdressing, but the person is inclined in that direction.

    (2) Is considered to be a "fetishist" who may wear an item or two of clothing from the opposite sex as a means of sexual arousal.

    (3) Is considered by Doctor Benjamin to be the "true transvestite." However, there seem to be four distinct variations within that category.

    (3A) Is the situational crossdresser who does not really get involved in cross-gender behavior of any type except for an occasion where he is required to wear clothing of the opposite sex for some specific reason. He does not have a compulsion to crossdress.

    (3B) Is the partial transvestite. He has gone beyond the realm of fetishism but does not completely crossdress. This person does not generally appear in public as a crossdresser.

    (3C) Is the occasional transvestite who does dress completely and does appear in public. However, the person appears to need some sort of sanctioned event to do so, such as Halloween, Mardi Gras, or a costume party.

    (3D) Is the person who dresses as completely as possible and as often as possible, depending on the situation and personal lifestyle. This person appears in public.

    (4) Is considered to be the "low-intensity or occasional transsexual." This person has an intermittent strong desire, or a constant low desire for gender reassignment surgery.

    (5) Is considered to be the "moderate intensity transsexual."

    (6) Is the "high intensity transsexual" who desperately seeks gender reassignment surgery. He may be suicidal if prospects for reassignment therapy do not appear promising.

    (7) Has been added beyond Doctor Benjamin's scale to represent the post-operative transsexual who has completed gender reassignment surgery and is living as a member of the opposite sex. Many male to female transsexuals refer to themselves as "New Women" or "New Men."

    I am 3-a
    I do not!! Claim to be an expert on any topic, when I post a new thread or reply on any thread my imput is strickly that of a crossdresser. Not to offend Gay people , Transexuals or any other life style, I am only commenting on one of my own.

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    My H would be between 3B and 3C - he occasionally dresses completely but never in public.

    Me, I'm boring old 0

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    I'm between 3C and 3D.

    And Tink. Didn't you say you were a tom-boy, or maybe I'm mixing you up with someone else. A tom-boy is at least a 1, and maybe even a 3A or 3B, not just a 0.
    Hi, I'm Steffi and I'm a crossdresser... And I accept and celebrate both sides of me. Or, maybe I'm gender fluid.

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    easy peasy...3D
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    I'm a 3A-3C. Haven't dressed publicly yet, but I'd really love to so... Maybe I will do it this year, who knows.

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    Okay I will bite.

    3D - except for dressing as often as possible. I generally only dress 2-4 times per month but I could do it mich more often if I wanted to.

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    3B with Ambitions of making it to 3D.

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    3d with a touch of 4

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sometimes Steffi View Post
    I'm between 3C and 3D.

    And Tink. Didn't you say you were a tom-boy, or maybe I'm mixing you up with someone else. A tom-boy is at least a 1, and maybe even a 3A or 3B, not just a 0.
    Ha, good point Steffi! I think I'm a 'wanna be' Tom boy. I always did prefer boys toys and games to boring girl stuff, and boys always made life look so much easier. I rocked the girl clothing though and don't have a masculine body type, so maybe I'm a 0.5

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    Between a 3b and 3c if that's possible

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    Nope. I don't fit on this scale at all. :/
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    A 3A.

    Dress up for costume parties as a woman or female character occasionally.
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    I would have to say 3C moving forward to 3D.

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    I'd say 3D... (2D would leave me flat ) *rimshot*.

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    I'm just short of a 3D. The "often as possible" part is a really vague term. I don't feel then need to dress "as Often as possible." It's more of a urge that builds up and I feel softer when dolled up.

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    I'm going to crawl out on a nice narrow (pink) limb here and suggest there's
    some stuff missing and/or arranged incorrectly.

    If i were being "classified"...according to this...it would be wrong.

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    The close that could fit on is between 1 and 0. 1 for being open to it, due to having more variety. I was curious when dressing at one point from boredem of the other side. Accepted recently that I can't get in to it, because it's mostly not convenient. Don't know my own sexuality, from the 0 bit.
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    (3C) Is the occasional transvestite who does dress completely and does appear in public. However, the person appears to need some sort of sanctioned event to do so, such as Halloween, Mardi Gras, or a costume party.

    (3D) Is the person who dresses as completely as possible and as often as possible, depending on the situation and personal lifestyle. This person appears in public.

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    I guess I'm a 3b since I do it often but generally not in public but have done it in public.

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    I am a 5 to 6, but up until 2013 I thought I was waivering between being a 2 or 3b. In 2010 I saw a documentary "Her Name Was Steven" and after watching I freaked out that if I don't stop cross-dressing I will end up TS and wanting to transition.

    In late 2013 to early 2014 I went through a pseudo 3D stage where I dressed completely and as much as possible but only at home.

    Now I don't mean to scare anyone because most CDs who are 1 to 3 will never end up being TS 4 to 7. However many TS 4 to 7 start off as CD 1 to 3.
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    I'm a 6, unfortunately. (It really, really, really sucks, being a 6).

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    I am a 3D. I spend every day as a woman, just doing what needs to be done. If I am not going out, I will just put on foundation. The problem is, I only wear dresses. I am having a hard time finding casual dresses that fit me.

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    Since this is just for fun I'm adding a category. My reason is 3D is just not working for me and 4 is going to far. So...

    (3E) This person dresses full time and has a mixed presentation of gendered clothing. They state their gender is a mix of both male and female. They do appear in public with this mixed presentation.
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    Definitely a solid 3D, going out two or three times a week.

    Sanderlay's 3E would also work for me as most of my male wardrobe is actually from the female side of the aisle. I definitely present male, but this male has nice fingernails, colorful shirts, and pretty studs in his ears.
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    I know that there are supposed to be a few more qualifiers for each position within the Benjamin scale, anxiety levels, sexuality, gender identity, etc. Anyway, I'm always 'off the scale'. Based on these descriptions alone I'm a 3B unless "not completely crossdress" means that I do not go for the full package (I know it actually does and I know I do go for the full package) or a 3D minus the "often as possible", because I occasionally decide not to dress.

    It's actually quite surprising to see so little 4's here, considering that's what I hear on this forum all the time.

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