“When a woman says, ‘I have nothing to wear!’ What she really means is, ‘There’s nothing here for who I’m supposed to be today.”
-Caitlin Moran
Definition
Cross-dressing is a fetish that is pretty well known. It is when a guy has a strong desire to dress like a woman, or when a lady wants to appear as a man. If you have a fetish for cross-dressing, you may feel like you have to hide it, especially if you enjoy being a sissy. People like to cross dress for many different reasons. However, it’s important to note that there is a big difference between enjoying dressing like a woman or even being a drag queen, and being a transgender woman.
What’s the Difference?
If you want to cross dress, that’s great! It means that you are secure enough with your own gender presentation to experiment with what it feels like to dress in other manners. However, being a transgender person is quite different. That means that you actually are a person of the opposite gender who was simply imprisoned in the wrong type of body with the wrong type of genitals. Some trans people take measures like getting surgery to have their parts match their minds, and others use hormones, but cross dressers usually do not because they are in the right body already, they just aren’t in the correct clothing.
How to Do It
Cross-dressing is fun even when you don’t have a specific fetish for it. If you are a guy you can try putting on a pair of stockings and trying a pair of heels for your lover or partner. Have them treat you like a woman a bit. Maybe they can rough you up or even put some makeup on you. If you are a girl you can give it a try by wearing a jock strap or maybe some men’s style underwear. Do whatever makes you feel sexy in a freaky gender bending fashion!