Quote Originally Posted by Byllie
Yet, this basic premise is, IMHO, flawed. It assumes there are only two genders. What if there there were three genders? Or four? Or perhaps a gender continuum? How then would we define "crossdressing"?
[SIZE="2"]How about eleven genders, one for each dimension in String Theory?

Crossdressing is a very nebulous word, like nearly every other term decided on by the majority for means of expediency. I agree with your “feminine” clothing description – I see these garments less as “opposite” and more like essential, if we are to express our true selves and feel good while we’re doing it. Hence, the term "crossdressing" is inaccurate. But, when I’m standing in a place I shouldn’t be (according to society), like the women’s clothing section in a store, the ideas of “wrong,” “opposite,” and “other” come across loud and clear. It’s like entering a cattle chute to your specified gender area, but you’re allowed to look at everything you aren’t supposed to experience. It’s sad, but there are a few brave souls who imaginatively buck the system and live to tell about it. I keep my own gender integration a secret (except here, of course), but every now and then I put in a public appearance on the “wrong” side of the fence. Just as quickly, I’m gone, preferring to be invisible. In this monochromatic world (i.e. black and white), you’ll never be able to explain the subtleties of what you know to be true to the unenlightened. I just keep it to myself, and smile repeatedly… [/SIZE]