Where have all the dresses gone.

[rebecca.cross2]

Excerpted from the Wikipedia article: "Women wearing pants"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_wearing_pants

"Wearing pants prior to the 1960's was the exception, not the rule. There is a picture posted in the local supermarket where I shop and it shows the interior of the market when it first opened. In this black-and-white picture of yesteryear, virtually all the women are wearing skirts and dresses. You could probably count the number of women in slacks and trousers on one hand. It really struck me when I first saw that picture. Things must have really been different back then."

"I think that this is part of the reason some men crossdress. Some men strongly desire more femininity in their lives and because they are not receiving it from others they create it in themselves."
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YES, it was different back then. Women could not be employed for any position of authority, let alone decent pay. Women were treated as property, and not that long ago could not own property. They could not vote. If they were unmarried, it was frowned upon. Shall I go on.

Yeah, and back then, men wore suits and hats EVERY DAY. Wool suits at that. How about women of today lament how slobby guys look in their t-shirts and pants and ask them to wear suits all the time. No more sneakers--leather flat dress shoes only gentlemen

Yes, I crossdress. Yes, I like to wear dresses. I like dresses. We (crossdressers) have no right to judge.

Your other quote "I think this is why some men crossdress". My wife is femenine. She wears dresses often. She has long hair, wears makeup, and loves shopping for then most part. It has NOTHING to do with my crossdressing.

I (and I believe most crossdressers) dress to fill a need internally that enjoys the feeling of being dressed as a woman. For me, it feels normal to wear womens clothes. It is calming, and for the most part relaxing.

Nothing at all has to do with my mother, a lack of "feminine" qualities from my spouse, or the lack of a father figure.. Can't you just accept that it might be possible we were born this way? Most crossdressers start dressing (or at least have the urges) before they ever have a girlfriend, so wheres the "blame" now?