WELL! You know that I know that you know that I know .... lol.
Seriously, I misunderstood. You did say "many" and I missed that part. I agree that for some (or many?), the kick comes from pretending to be a woman, and I'm sure they'll be the first to tell you they're not ashamed of it. And I aggree with the mood swing and PMS nonsense. :p The term for males is "IMS". However, for some people the divided personality traits I think comes from having deeply repressed a feminine ID for a long time and having had to build thick walls in order to protect her (even if the ID is partial), while for others, it is a kick to be "femmy" for a day.
But in terms of using female pronouns, then this is not pretending (for some. It may well be for others). My SO hates to be referred to as a "he" when she is dressed, and I don't blame her, which brings us back to non-binary-gender. Some crossdressers are bigender or dualgender.
I suppose we are free to interpret this forum as we will. There's no real way to measure anything. But it's my impression there is more than a minority of identity crossdressers. I base this on real people that I've met as well, not just posts here. So maybe we can agree on 50/50.![]()