Well, the way I figure it, you're making a serious mistake - you are trying to apply logic to something that has nothing what-so-ever to do with logic and reason.
To put things into perspective, and perhaps to give my post some credibility, I will tell you that I am an engineer by trade, and for more than 30 years I have made a living by being able to apply logic as needed to troubleshoot and repair complex systems. Even with that back ground and training, I'm going to tell you that this has nothing to do with logic, and you will drive yourself absolutely bat-shit crazy trying to force it to fit.
This just is what it is, and it really aint all that complicated. Most of us like pretty clothes, and most of us like to 'be" as pretty as we can. It makes us feel happy. Whether you are speaking of a TS who perhaps feels a bit more complete when seeing her outside so clearly and unambiguously matching her inside, or a CD who simply feels happier when pretty. It just is, and it needs no logical explanation, nor does it provide one - even to those of us that share the "affliction".
Don't waste your time and energy looking for the logic in it, because there isn't any. The only real question at this point is, can you accept it? Understanding it or not, having a clue why we do it or not, can you accept it?
