A lot of CDers convince themselves that it's just clothes. You've heard these before:Originally Posted by Satrana
"Women wear pants, why can't I wear skirts?"
"Skirts are just more comfortable."
"I just like the way the material feels."
When women started wearing pants, it signified something. It wasn't just about being comfortable, it was about challenging male dominance in society and in the home. Men knew this at the time, and that's why they resisted it. When a man wears women's clothing, it also signifies something: a desire to be released from being dominant (to some degree, at least). Women know this, and many of them are disturbed by it. They want a man who will protect them and who will be the breadwinner in the family. Their status in the world is determined by their husband's status, and his status is determined by his aggressiveness and his ability to stand up to other men. When they hear "I want to wear women's clothes," what they really hear is "I want to be weak. I want to be passive. I want to submit to another man." That strikes at the foundation of everything the woman wants out of life.
Sure, but the social rules against necrophilia have a very different basis from the ones regarding gender roles.Can you really say that if you found out your spouse was doing something really "creepy" say like necrophilia (having sex with corpses) that you would not think OK that is just too much, I am out of here, I have no interest in being educated why people would want to do such a thing.
True, but not everyone wants to spend their life swimming against the tide. They want the house in suburbia. They want the acceptance of friends and family. They want to be welcome at the neighborhood barbecue. They want their children to be popular at school. So many other things are a struggle, and they're just not prepared to fight the good fight on an issue that they can't even understand.
