I've gotta go with Kimberly and Bill on this one. Crossdressing in the mainstream has almost always been for purposes of ridicule, not so that men can let loose the woman inside of them, and perhaps feel normal as a woman for a while. Womanless weddings? Hey, everyone, let's go down to the church today. Dave's going to wear a wedding dress. We can all get a big laugh and donate money to whatever. Ha ha ha.
Whether men want to admit it or not, they still for the most part, whether they want to admit it or not, see women as lesser beings. When a woman wears clothing that could be construed as men's clothing, no one thinks ill of her. The female managers at the local grocery store near me wear neckties. I think they should be allowed to wear something more becomming to them as women, but still, no one really looks sideways at them. But when a man wears women's clothing, he is to be ridiculed. And what's that saying in football? Quarterbacks should wear skirts? Yeah, let's call him something less than a man by calling him a woman.
As to your point, Marina, I think that there has been a subtle backlash in society, that has resulted in a bit of an intense homophobia that encompasses crossdressers even though most aren't homosexual. We get tossed into that same category as perverts one and all.
You know that "magic wand" some here refer to once in a while? It would be nice to be able to use it on some of the more closed minded members of society once in a while. I'll even agree that what we do is "strange" by societal standards. But when I dress, I try to look like a normal woman, not an object of ridicule.
