ReineD: "Another issue: there are (many?) CDers who don't do this to express an inner femininity but who rather do this for kicks or fetish. These are the CDers who put on the highly sexualized maid uniforms, school girl outfits, short short skirts with fishnets, lingerie, disproportionate breast forms, etc and who behave as if they believe this is what the ideal woman is all about, all while fantasizing having sex with men."

Reine, I understand what you are saying here, and agree to a point. I do not think that these fetish CDers "believe" that is what an ideal woman is all about, but rather maybe how they would like their ideal woman to be, or how they want to fantasize about themselves being that way. In other words, I think that they really know how the majority of women are and act, generally speaking, and know that their portrayals, imitation, fantasy and or fetish dressing is a very large exaggeration from the real world. Again, it becomes their own fantasy world, which can be said also for couples into swinging, BDSM in a formal way, and those couples who do role playing with costumes and toys.