Originally Posted by noname
Noname,
The point of my thread was an attempt to explain why "people seem creeped out by a guy wearing fem items".
I'm obviously not creeped out by it, I'm married to a crossdresser. :D I will admit to being "put off" by the CDs who dress years younger than their obvious age, and those who portray women as trollops/sex objects and go out in public dressed that way. If given one wish pertaining to this it would be "if you wish to emulate us, please do it with class, dignity and respect.
Pornography still portrays us as slabs of meat on an open market. We've fought long and hard trying to overcome that mentality. Please don't promote that image when you emulate us.
I posted a thread in the lounge once touching on this subject, and in it I remarked that possibly the negative reactions of women could be a feeling that a crossdresser is an "imposter" i.e. portraying himself to be something that he is not.
I also stated that, in my opinion, a "man in a dress" has a better chance of being accepted by society than the man who dresses to pass as a woman.
I still think the prevailing cause of non acceptance for M2F CDs is the original one I posted above. How many times have you heard a young male child called a "sissy" when he showed emotions or conducted himself in what was perceived to be a less than *macho* manner? :Angry3:
