I realise that expressing my femininity actually helps me feel better about my male side too. Though it is distressing when I have to change back, horrible sometimes, at the same time I find afterwards I can still see my female side there, in the mirror, through my male side (and it's not just remaining make-up!) And as a result I feel better about me as a whole. Seems obvious to me now, but I really only just realised.
Does anyone else find the same, can you still see your feminine self, and does that make you feel better about the male you see too?
Yours inarticulately
Ivie