WHY DO PEOPLE CROSS DRESS?
Many
"reasons" are given for cross dressing. Some are simplistic. Some are
superficial. Some are simply wrong. In general, the most valid reasons seen have
to do with the expression of a personal preference on the part of the cross
dresser. Some cross dress for employment reasons, costumes, etc. Some cross
dress as a part of their sexual activity (either just for fun or for money) and
others cross dress literally to make fun of members of the opposite sex. Those
who cross dress and with whom we are interested in Tri-Beta are almost all male, and
most are married or have been married. Many have families. These cross dressers
dress also for a variety of reasons. The reasons they give vary with the depth
of insight and understanding held by the individual concerned. For the most
part, at the core of the motivation for most heterosexual cross dressers is an
outward expressive manifestation of an inward feeling set. Something innate,
natural to the person concerned seeks to find overt expression in the external
behavior of the individual. This inner feeling set/external manifestation takes
the form of cross dressing. Such individuals feel a natural preference for
feminine clothing in the same manner the typical female feels the need to
express her femininity in the choices of clothing she makes. At the core, then,
is the fundamental element of the who, what, and how the person is by virtue of
their nature and the resulting attraction to things feminine. This is an innate
attraction, a natural reaching out of the inner person to find visible means of
self expression compatible with how, who, and what the person feels self to be
inside. It is not generally a sexual thing, or all such individuals would be
same sex attracted. Since a majority of cross dressers are not same sex
attracted, then it is evident the innate attraction to external symbols of
femininity are not sexual in nature, rather they rise from the most basic
centers of who, what, and how the person really is by virtue of nature.