Is MIAD as a term too all embracing

[Stephanie47]

Sounds as if to create a scale of gradations for judging a genetic male wearing women's clothing. On one extreme is the genetic male all dolled up en femme with proper makeup and hair and also emulating the gestures and walk of a woman. On the other end is a genetic male who is totally unshaven, maybe bald, and just wearing women's clothing. All I can image is the bearded lady at a carnival side show. I think the issue is coming down to "intent."

Unfortunately many men are "blessed" with male features that are genetically produced. My face can be clean shaven with no beard shine for most of the day. No hair on the legs or underarms. Born that way. Basically genetically hairless for purposes of cross dressing with the motivation to appear as a woman. Can I use the word deceive? I would not be comfortable declaring myself as a man wearing female clothing. My inner thoughts and motivations are more than that. When I wear the clothing of a woman it is not to deceive the public. There is a 'feeling' that overcomes me and encourages some inner motivation to announce herself. I cannot explain it to others because it seems so foreign to those not afflicted by it.

I have to assume a "Man in a Dress" is wearing the female garments for some other reason than wanting to appear as a woman. A bearded face with unshaven visible body skin strutting down the mall in heels. No makeup perhaps. Bald perhaps. Uncaring to public stares or ridicule?

Over the years of reading threads and posts on this forum there is a problem. Many are totally consumed by some image in their minds as to what a woman is suppose to look like. Yes, there are few hirsute women out there. There are many wonderful women who do not fall on the judging scale at a ten. Maybe they are are a zero, Or a five. Overweight? Too skinny? Flat chested? Too short? Too tall? Not the perfect face, whatever that may be. So, how many of us are consumed by the idea of being a ten?

I am six foot which is down from six foot two. I am 202 pounds this morning. Big bones. I an afflicted with male pattern genes. Women have always thought I was great looking. Ask my wife. When Stephanie appears...bursts forth for reasons known or unknown... she does not think of herself as a man in a dress. Unfortunately I do not make a womanly ten. I don't do the makeup. Most women don't do the makeup every day. So, unable to shed my male genetic physical profile I do look like a MIAD, but, my motivations and how I feel when wearing women's clothing is more than liking the fabric or colors or style.

So, what is your motivation for wearing the clothes society deems should be wore by a woman? Is the MIAD with a beard in some way denying his inner woman because his ideal woman cannot be achieved? In need of therapy? Stuck on the unachievable image of a ten?