I have just seen this thread. I was the one who asked about heels and floors and so played a part in getting the thread started. About 95% of the women's shoes I own (I have a LOT) have heels. I only wear the flats when I wear a skirt as a man. I own women's trousers but almost never wear them. For some of us this is not about being a woman or blending in. It is about wearing lovely clothes and looking good in them. I am fortunate that I have a figure that looks good in a dress and legs that women envy. Women have told me I look better dressed in women's clothes than men's, even if I am not presenting as a woman. Why would I not want to take advantage of this? My heels are not super-high - just a bit above average. I wear size 8 so not too difficult to get hold of. If you wear leather they can be perfectly comfortable around the house - more so than men's shoes. If you go outside or have stone floors then after a while they can be agony. In Scotland there are still a lot of women who wear skirts and dresses and heels and the shops are full of all of these. You can wear a dress and tights (pantyhose) and heels to the supermarket and though you will be dressed more smartly than the average woman shopper, you will not stand out all that much. I also wear a slip which few women now wear but you can buy them in department stores and I doubt if it is all CDs buying them. I don't know why some CDs have trouble accepting that we are not all alike on here. Some of us don't want to be women or even feel feminine, let alone wear jeans and blend in. It is about clothes that are different and elegant and (most of all) FUN to wear. I wonder why some CDs like to get trussed up in uncomfortable shapewear but I do not ask them to justify it. The same with hip padding - sitting must be weird. My only additional bits are in my (perfectly ordinary 38B) bra. You could extend all the arguments about heels to nails. I have quite long, elegant nails but only rarely do I shape and paint them. Many young women now have very long elaborately ornamented (even extended) nails and they must get in the way at every turn - but they love them and pay for the opportunity. Because it is fun and makes them feel good. So why not? I like the sound of my heels when I first venture out of my car in a dress, with my handbag slung over my shoulder, ideally with a smart coat and leather gloves - I feel really elegant and confident (after the first three seconds). I am 5'9" so the heels make me much taller than the average woman, but there are lots of taller GGs. I do not mind if people realise I am male, as long as they think I am dressed well. To look 'right' in a dress heels are almost as necessary as a bust if you are male. I would not dream of wearing a dress with sneakers. The assertion that real women don't wear heels is absurd - the shops in Scotland are full of heels in much smaller sizes than men could fit into, and lots of women wear them voluntarily for work. I am going to visit my style consultant next week with a GG friend. At least two of us will be wearing heels. The first time I met this GG friend was at a fashion show for women and she and almost all the other women (and me) were in heels and dresses because they are part of the fun for many women too.