Do you think most guys growing up got curious and tried on Girls/women's Clothes ?

[Robbiegirl]

I know of lots of guys who ended up in Girls clothes and I often wonder how it affected them ? Did they just get a good laugh or like many of us did they get hooked ? Of course I don't know how many tried things on on their own ?

At around 9 a friend of mine and I dared each other to put on my sisters ballet tutu and slippers. We were dancing around in them till we were caught by our laughing baby sitter ! Did my friend ever wear girls things again for fun ?

For losing at the card game pig in Junior high, 2 of the boys in my neighborhood had to run around the block in my sisters cute tennis dresses with ruffle butt panties on over there briefs. Did wearing the cute outfits and embarrassment have any long term affect ?

At my all boys boarding school boys had to play the girls parts and ended up dressed by our male teachers wifes in full ladies gear ! Panty girdles, bras, slips, stocking, LOL the works. They became very good at walking in heels ! This had to have some affect on them don't you think ?

Your thoughts and stories, please

[Patience]

I'd say it's a certainty, even though most won’t admit it.

For the ones to whom the experience didn’t mean anything, life went on.

For the others, well, here we are.

[RainbowDash]

Never gave it much thought when I was growing up, but then I slowly started to think about it. It began with female video game characters (I've always thought how great it'd be to actually be a girl who could fight and kick butt) such as Chun-Li from Street Fighter, Seung Mina from Soul Edge, and then my favorite, Princess Peach from Super Mario Brothers. I thought to myself, what would it be like to dress up and wear all those beautiful clothes and beat up bad guys? I imagined myself wearing what they wore, and just thinking about it made me feel pretty good. For the record, I chose mostly female fighters and warriors in video games.
This thought was only a thought, until I had a dream that I was Princess Peach in the Super Smash Brothers video game. After that, I began to wonder what it was like to be a princess and wear beautiful gowns and stuff. So I ordered a Princess Peach custom made cosplay outfit all the way from China, then ordered another one a couple of years later.
When I worked at the movie theatre and Sex and the city 2 came out, for some strange reason I began wondering about what it would be like to dress up like them (I never saw the movie) and wear women's clothes. From there, I began to wonder about panties, high heels, and basically everything else that they wear. Every time I was about to try on something women wear that I never wore before, I was excited just thinking about receiving the item in the mail so I could wear it. Each and every single time I wore something, I was never disappointed. As a matter of fact, I found myself wondering why I never tried this stuff on earlier in life, and why I never gave it a chance before. Probably because even though I dressed up as Princess Peach, I didn't really consider myself as someone who wanted to wear women's clothes. Even though I was fantasizing about being a princess, I was still in denial about actually wanting to wear real women's clothes. So glad I followed my instincts and took that big step forward! My life has changed for the better!

[Teresa]

Robbie,
Something drove me inside which I didn't understand at the age of 8-9 years . It wasn't out of curiosity or for a laugh , no one else was present or had any influence . Looking back I realise now how powerful that force was , that underlying female trait finally took control . I fought that gut feeling for most of my life from that age, it lead me a rollercoaster ride and I've battled with labels both in my own mind and here on the forum , now I'm at peace with it .

[Mickitv]

I agree that many men may have experimented in dressing but in the past dressing was often used as a joke on TV and in the movies. Therefore, no one would ever tell anyone. I received such as rush from wearing feminine clothes that I overlooked and looked past the jokes. It was always and still is more important for me to feel good about me.

[LovingThePanties]

Robbie,
Something drove me inside which I didn't understand at the age of 8-9 years . It wasn't out of curiosity or for a laugh , no one else was present or had any influence . Looking back I realise now how powerful that force was , that underlying female trait finally took control.

I think that this is the distinction. I don't know what percentage of young boys try on female clothes, but the ones that will probably wear them later in life are the ones that were drawn to it w/out exogenous influence. For example, the boy who lost and, as a result bet and had to wear a dress for a day probably isn't still wearing dresses. The boy that always lusted after his sister's clothes and tried immediately tried them on whenever he had the house to himself probably is still wearing women's clothes.

[Robbiegirl]

Well I don't know how many of these Boys joined our team but I will say they got the full Doll up experience ! Not sure if cute panties were part of the outfit ?
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[LovingThePanties]

Well I don't know how many of these Boys joined our team but I will say they got the full Doll up experience ! Not sure if cute panties were part of the outfit ?
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It wouldn't be the full doll-up experience w/out them

[Stephanie47]

I really do not buy into the premise that wearing girls' clothing under your brief list has anything to do with a boy's future cross dressing. Doing something on a dare, losing a bet or presenting as a girl in a play is just a singular act. What about the guy who struts down the street in heels on the fund raising "Walk in Her Shoes" day? All I can envision is the male is secure in his sexuality as a male and is just having fun. Why I say that is back in my youth for a man to wear women's clothing was to label him as a homosexual. I'm sure there were many many young boys who just would not "do it" for fear of being labeled. Others, "what the heck. That sound like fun." I sure that is what goes through the skulls of boys where there still are dress up as a girl day.

My first foray as a little kid was to try on my mother's slip which she always hanged on a clothesline in our apartment. I loved the feel of the nylon. In the 1950's sex as we know it in the media now did not exist then. I was never dressed as a girl. I had no sisters then. Or female cousins. It was a plain asexual lure of the fabric. I did take a slip off the clothesline, as well as a nylon nightgown, and try it on for the feel. I had no thoughts of being a girl. It wasn't until puberty and the rise of hormones that my interests in women's clothing expanded. Why I decided to try on her bra and panty with the slip and pull on a girdle and stockings I have no idea. I suspect I was programmed in my dna to explore this side of me. The trouble with being a cross dressing young boy back in the 1960's was to be branded a homosexual which at that time was not a good thing. A very confusing time.

I did break away from donning my mother's clothing. Was it because my physical size made it impossible to squeeze into her clothes? I don't know. I do know there were many years when I had zero thoughts of wearing women's clothing. Those were periods of time when male dna would have been rising to meet societal expectations. I would love to see the results of a study of men whose cross dressing urges were interrupted by certain events.

[Micki_Finn]

Lots of children explore playing “dress up” before they understand the gender implications of clothing. I wouldn’t put that in the “crossdressing” category. No, I do not think that “most” guys have experimented wearing women’s clothing. No not all men are secretly crossdressers.

[Robbiegirl]

I also wonder about boys who were used as Dress dummies by their mothers who were often sewing dresses for their girl cousins.

Dresses are one thing but do you think any boy can come back from being put into silky girls panties, especially ones with ruffles on the butt ? I mean its so different from rough boy underwear that it has to leave a lasting memory ?

[Patience]

“Back” from what?

Whatever it is, I think it really comes down to the individual and the unique things that might be happening in that person's life. I'm not sure that question can be answered one way or another.

And your question is getting very specific. Might you at one point have worn said garment?

[ellbee]

If you want to quantify "most" as more than 50%, then no, I don't believe most guys have worn some kind of female clothing/make-up/shoes/whatever when they were young.

And for those that did, many probably didn't do it out of genuine curiosity or "allure," but instead just to goof around, or on a dare, or lost a bet, etc.

Of those who were physically capable of getting sexually aroused at the time, and did, I'd say the greater likelihood that they may have gone down the CD'ing road. Though still not all of *those*.


But I believe even many of those who did tinker around with dressing in female stuff when they were young (for whatever reason), they have not done so into adulthood. It was a short-lived thing, maybe once or twice.

Or, if more, then it likely turned out to be a temporary phase. I mean, typical kids enjoy doing certain things for a while, and/or had various interests... But how much of that actually continues on throughout the years & decades? For example, I used to ride my bike a lot when I was young -- but I stopped doing it around a certain age. However, I used to be friends with a kid who eventually got into more "extreme" biking as he got older, well after I had stopped. A few years ago I stumble upon him on Facebook... Lo & behold, he still does mountain biking, and actually works as a designer/engineer of mountain bikes. As for me? I haven't hopped on a bicycle in a very loooong time. And I'd bet the same holds true for many I grew up with.


Get what I'm saying? We grow out of a *lot* of things as we age & experience more of the world. It's only a select few that continue down that road, going deeper & deeper into whatever rabbit hole it may be.

That's also one of the reasons why I'm not so gung-ho about teaching our youth (particularly prepubescent ones) about transgenderism, and especially steering/grooming them towards that if they talk about and/or show some interest in things of opposite-sex nature. For those who truly *are* TS, that works fine. But for the others who *aren't*? You're playing with fire, IMO. Let kids just be kids, already... Please don't rob them of that.

[Rhonda Jean]

The only boys I ever saw wearing girls clothes besides me were in a womanless pageant we had in high school every year. Some comical, some more serious. The best I ever saw was a kid whose mom took us to school some mornings. The morning of the pageant he was STUNNING. His mom had done his own long hair and makeup and he wore his sister's clothes. Unbelievable. I didn't see him after high school for 30 years. Although you can never be sure (see the boy/girl sticky), he showed no sign of having once made a fabulous looking girl.

[docrobbysherry]

#1: Trying on clothes doesn't turn u gay or trans.

#2: Men don't think about wearing women's things. Just getting women out of them!

I didn't start dressing until age 50. I had no gender issues growing up. With girl friends and a wife I had plenty of chances to try on their things. But, it NEVER OCCURRED TO ME to do that!

My ex and I switched roles for a big Halloween party in my early 40's. It made such an impression on me I forgot about that nite until I had been dressing for 10 years! Some 15+ years afterwards!

[Confucius]

I think most guys growing up did wear some girls clothes. I know there was plenty of opportunity in the schools I attended, including holding womanless beauty pageants, dressing in drag for pep rally skits, or just as a dare, or to be funny, etc.. However when I saw classmates in drag I always knew it was different for them. They could be cool, funny and confident. In those days whenever I crossdressed I would get nervously aroused. My whole body would be shaking, and I thought I was going to explode.

For most guys they can crossdress and feel next to nothing. Wearing a dress doesn't magically transform anyone into a crossdresser. What makes a person a crossdresser has to do with how our brains are hardwired. I believe that when we crossdress our brain's neural pathways release a host of feel good neurotransmitters. That makes us special.

[Beverley Sims]

I think it would have started some latent thoughts among the boys probably ten percent would have got interested that way.

[GaleWarning]

I also attended an all-boys school where we had to play female parts in plays. It was in one of these that I first wore a bra. But that was not what made me interested in crossdressing.
A few years later a friend of mine (big fella!) was the manager of a group of cheerleaders and one evening several of us tried on the uniforms.
Many years later I was teaching at a co-educational high school and several members of the first rugby team tried on the girls' uniforms, including underwear. Both the boys and the girls thought it hilarious!

So, to answer the question: I do think that more males have tried on female clothing than will be prepared to admit it. And no, I don't think that these experiences are necessarily the ones that lead to a proclivity to crossdress.

[Robbiegirl]

I also attended an all-boys school where we had to play female parts in plays. It was in one of these that I first wore a bra. But that was not what made me interested in crossdressing.
A few years later a friend of mine (big fella!) was the manager of a group of cheerleaders and one evening several of us tried on the uniforms.
Many years later I was teaching at a co-educational high school and several members of the first rugby team tried on the girls' uniforms, including underwear. Both the boys and the girls thought it hilarious!

So, to answer the question: I do think that more males have tried on female clothing than will be prepared to admit it. And no, I don't think that these experiences are necessarily the ones that lead to a proclivity to crossdress.

GaleWarning, just to be clear on your story, the first time "several of you tried on their Cheer leading uniforms " Did you also show the girls or just dance around in them ? Also those uniforms much have more stretch than I thought, about what year was that
And the second time when you say even the underwear was worn do you mean the "show Panties " that came with the skirts ? LOL Curious ?

[GaleWarning]

1. In a university residence, no females around. Four of us tried on the uniforms. We had been drinking.
2. High school end of year party. 1st fifteen jocks decided to don bras etc. There female peers enjoyed the spectacle. Teachers were amused. I ,of course, had a different take on it, which I kept to myself.

[Emily Occasionally]

Feminine things have always given me a rush. Ever since I was very young. Too young to understand what it meant. And I didn't understand what it actually meant until last year. Anytime I had the opportunity to enter the feminine world (like one time when a girl said she wanted to give me a makeover) would be met with a firm "No." I couldn't let people know I enjoyed feminine things. That I wanted to get my nails painted or wear pretty dresses and skirts. I didn't really come to terms with all of it until last year. I built up all these walls to make sure that no one would ever find out. Basically most of my life has been the strategy Unikitty from the Lego Movie has for not happy ideas, push thoughts of femininity and liking feminine things deep deep deep down where you'll never ever ever find them. Take my feelings out every once in a while or read a story online or something but I thought my life would be over if anyone found out. I was just so afraid.

I honestly don't know about other people...I didn't know anyone who dressed, with one exception that I can think of but it was part of an obstacle course and it was just putting on a nightgown (which is part of why I spent so much of my life panicking about my desire to dress I suppose), even on a lark (although I just thought of something while writing this where a guy had eyeshadow put on him and I remember being jealous...more memories will probably surface). I only started dressing in part because I accidentally bought a women's shirt instead of a man's shirt at a concert and just liked the shirt so I shrugged it off. Then last year (over 5 years after buying that shirt and wearing it fairly regularly) I bought my first dress and the rest is history. I can't speak to other people's experiences but I spent most of my life trying to convince everyone I didn't like feminine things. I don't know where the urge came from...I just know I don't think I've ever been without it and maybe it will always be there. Keeping myself suppressed and beating up on myself with shame, hurt me psychologically in ways I'm only beginning to unravel. Now I'd tell my young self to go for the opportunities of feminine happenings. Don't try to keep it down. Don't hurt yourself.

Like I said I don't know anyone else with these feelings (present company excepted of course). But maybe I did meet someone along the way with these feelings too. Isn't that just so...human. To meet someone with the same thoughts and shame and maybe you could help each other even if it's just to talk...but those feelings of shame keep you silent.

[Melissa in SE Tn]

Curious? By human nature, that thought must have raced across the minds of all men.

Tried on ? It would be a blessing if men would be honest and admit that we were all born with a dual imprinted gender soul. That being the case, the need to express that feminine imprint has to be expressed. I truly believe that there is a vast army of men who crossdress and that doing so is actually a recognition of our feminine soul. I for one relish the feminine portion of my soul.

[Terri_Cross]

I've thought about this on occasion. There was a friend of mine, during the latter elementary school years, that would talk with me about wearing bras and panties and sometimes dresses. About growing breasts and getting all dressed up and looking pretty. And about how good it would feel to look like a woman. And even more about how good it would feel to wear a bra and panty wherever, and whenever we wanted. Sometimes we would even sneak a Sears or Penny's catalog up to his room and look through the women's and girl's lingerie and clothing sections talking about it.

It was such a naive and innocent fantasy at the time.

Well, here I am, wearing the bra, lightly lined underwire, and panty, boyshort, under my sweats waiting on a package to be delivered, so I can change into my new yoga pants afterwards. Not sure if he ever continued the journey or not, since we moved out of state shortly after that. I was always kind of curious though.

[Lacey New]

I tried on my mothers and sisters panties when I was a young teenager and I found it terribly exciting. Of course, I did what you would expect and it felt so good that I did it again and again. Eventually, I figured that if panties were exciting, maybe trying a bra would be exciting too. Well, it was and eventually so was the rest of women’s wear.

[Danielle_cder]

Well for me this is true, that damn pantyhose.

I was always curious all the snaps, hooks, adjustable straps, the hug, the hold, the feel, the look yea women’s clothes....I’m still hooked.

I’m pretty sure I’m a minority, I’m sure there are plenty of young men/boys who have tried things on but never committed/perused it.