Subject: Re: Cross-dressers
From: ADMN8647@Ryerson.CA (Linda Birmingham)
Date: 1991-01-28, 06:24
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <1991Jan24.182943.25508@watserv1.waterloo.edu>,
alternat@watserv1.waterloo.edu (Ann Hodgins) says:
> >
> >For some reason I'm really curious about why Dennis/Denise
> >finds women's clothes "relaxing" considering that the women
> >I know all feel that standard feminine garb is the opposite of
> >relaxing.
> >
I'm sorry for jumping on this, but this is the second time it
has been said that women don't find female clothes relaxing.
I work all day in a sitting position and to be perfectly frank
a dress is a lot more comfortable than pants. In fact I'm always
more comfortable in a dress and as far as social pressure I find
I'm under more pressure to wear casual clothes (ie. jeans on
weekends) when I would prefer not to. All you have to do is buy
clothing the right size.

This has nothing to do with trying to project a feminine appearance
or living up to social standards, it is simply a case of comfort.

> >2) perhaps keeping his mind occupied with trivial concerns like keeping
> >his knees together, balancing on heels and keeping his hose on
> >straight distracts him from more disturbing obsessions and worries.

As a woman, I have never thought along these lines why assume that
because Denise is new to the attire he would.

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> >4) perhaps as a man he is aware of the 'power' women have to cloud
> >men's minds and he wants to add that power to his arsenal of effective
> >weapons in his work. He is already a physically powerful, trained and
> >armed FBI agent, but perhaps being sexually desirably to the men he
> >works with makes him feel even more powerful and therefore more relaxed
> >and confident.

I can not believe that any man would think he would gain more power
as a woman, particularly since woman have been demanding greater self
control for decades.

Denis stands to lose a lot for chosing to become a woman.  He will
be subjected to ridicule from some of his peers, possible dismissal from
his job and probably physical harm from the unenlightened members of
our society.  He will probably sacrifice a lot more power/control than
he'll ever gain.

> >Just theories. I'm not really very confident about any of them. Feel
> >free to jump in with other suggestions. For some reason I am really
> >very curious about cross-dressing.

There are several very good autobiographies out there, of which
I can not think of the names, about men who have been transexuals.
It became quite a fad to publish these stories when that tennis player
changed from being a man to woman (unfortunately his name has
escaped me as well).  Also, there is a fair amount of information
in most psychology books.  Until recently, it was quite popular to
treat transexualism as a mental illness and on par with homosexuality.
Plus because transexuals stood out more from the typical homosexual,
they were subjected to much more extensive treatment and research
even though their occurrence is rarer.



 Linda
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