Quote Originally Posted by steph1964 View Post
The fact that boys are shunned, threatened and bullied places them in an environment where crossdressing isn't tolerated. Therefore the the environment wouldn't be the cause of the crossdressing, just the cause of placing crossdressers in the closet.
I understand what you are saying here, but I don't think that's necessarily the case. I could also mean that because the environmental factors are so harsh, there is not a larger proliferation of the phenomenon. Furthermore, by placing the behavior in the closet, it could be that the heightened sense of taboo actually increases the desire, and therefore causes the behavior to become more prominent. As such, the argument put forward does not NECESSARILY exclude the environment as being a factor.