I was reading through a post on another forum and I thought one of the contributor (a GG) made a very valid point.

When a crossdresser tends to get dressed up it is full on feminine style. Dress, skirt, heels, stocking / tights and nice lingerie. In reality women probably think less about what they are going to wear than your average crossdresser. Women know that what ever they put on they will still look like women. No effort required, in jeans and a t shirt with no make up, you will always look like a woman. As long as you look presentable and reasonably on fashionable you can wear what you like.

For a man to look like a woman it is a great challenge.

For a crossdresser a t shirt and jeans just doesn't move them far enough from the masculine to the feminine side - even with make up and a wig. I can understand crossdressers who want to 'blend' in the real world might go for this look but for most of us it is the need to look feminine that creates this need to wear feminine clothes. The more feminine we can look then the further away from the masculine we get.

When a crossdresser asks about getting a 'buzz' from wearing all these 'sexy' clothes it doesn't really register. I guess crossdressers find it hard to understand why women don't get that 'feel good' factor and conversely why women wonder why crossdressers get any pleasure out of what are just clothes. Why would you want to wear uncomfortable heels, tight clothes and stockings?

I know a lot of crossdressers think it is such a waste that given the opportunity to go for the full on sexy look (sexy look in the mind of the crossdresser) that women don't. In reality crossdressers 'need' to go for this look to create the image they want, women just don't need to in order to be feminine.

Katie