Can you CD w/o being TG?

[ReineD]

But you still do not deny that a much larger fraction of young girls like the stereotypical guys (muscle, guns cars). Right? There is something in it for the girl too, i am just guessing bragging rights, more shopping, more parties, more luxury, riding on expensive car, better future.

This is pure stereotype. The reality is, there is a variety of men out there, and they do end up finding partners who love them and marry them, and go on to raise families. The idea that women in general prefer the stereotypical male is totally false. Different things float different people's boats! There are nerdy girls just as there are nerdy guys. There are intellectual girls just as there are intellectual guys. There are artsy girls just as there are artsy guys. There are goth girls just as there are goth guys. And they all find each other!

Honestly, I think that men who experience gender issues need to necessarily find a way to survive in a homophobic and transphobic world and so they wrap a big protective blanket around their inner cores in order to survive. I don't blame them given the world we live in, but this leads to a development of all manner or rationalization and scornful beliefs in gendered stereotypes, when in fact, they just need to relax and accept who they are and also realize that we do live in a varied world.

You as a woman know women do not feel masculine when they wear jeans or are into sports; but when a CD says the same thing, "Hey i am wearing skirt, i don't feel feminine, it is fun (or it gives me a kick)", you dont beleive it. This is not fair

Again, I'm going by the thousands of threads I've read here, the pictures in the Gallery, the accounts of how wonderful it is to feel and look and act pretty and feminine. Just read the forum! If you are in fact an exception, that's fine. If you like to go out looking like a guy wearing a skirt or it's just a fun costume for you, that's great! But you can't say that the majority of the CDers who participate here do not have the goal of crossing the gender lines.