I think I understand where you are coming from. I discovered that I like to dress as a woman and go out into the real world dressed that way, meet new people, engage them in conversation and have fun. I have been doing that quite successfully for a few years now. So, when I dress up, I want to emulate styles and mannerisms that I like and try to make them work for me. One of those things is to have a figure that I like looking at in the mirror, a figure that is almost balanced from shoulders to hips including a somewhat hour glass figure. Since I have no hips, no butt, broader shoulders and chest area for a man of my actually petite size, I use shape wear made for women and some made for men who want to create a woman's figure.

I also want to be perceived from a distance and hopefully closer up to be a woman or almost one. So, I have learned to take smaller steps, keep my arms close to my body when walking, sit properly as a woman would do, raise the voice to be closer to that of a woman's and avoid obviously male mannerisms, like picking my nose, burping and farting in public, raising my voice more than necessary into a falsetto or talking loudly as some males tend to do, and all those other little mannerisms that help to distinguish between male and female.

Now, I do not try to be overly feminine with all that like a much higher voice, weak or limp wrists, super swaying of the hips, always walking like a runway model with one foot so carefully placed in front of the other. It helps me internally as I see myself dressed and acting that way and have to believe that it also helps me when interacting with others while out. Where I agree with you is that being over the top in these things actually detracts from the image that I am trying to see and maybe the image that they are trying to portray.

Now each of us may want different results, emotional, reaction from others, looks, whatever when dressed. However, to say that because we want to look better as a woman, someone that we are not, and MtF CD's are definitely not females, we are insulting genetic women, in my opinion, is completely wrong. I would say that by trying to emulate the opposite gender we are saying that we like what we see, and that is a compliment. Because we do not want to expose our beer bellies, our broad shoulders, hairy arms and whatever else that can highlight our maleness is not bad. We may not like our big feet, or small hips, but we do not automatically degrade a GG by doing that. Why not say that just by trying to wear their clothes and look like them, we are also insulting them? To help me better understand your point of view here, could you please explain why it should be considered insulting to women? Maybe I am missing something.

I think that most of us MtF CD's here do realize that everyone, male and female, come in all shapes and sizes and features. That does not mean that it is bad or wrong to pick out the features and looks that we like and try to create them for ourselves.