And mind you this came about in the most mundane of ways. I was out having dinner with a friend of mine, Dina, and we were talking about investment and the property market (kinda boring I know) when he said that if i was looking to buy a condo/apt in the Bangsar (a city in Malaysia) area then he'd put me in touch with his agent but with a caveat that he's all woman. Hmmm...gave me a second pause for thought here. Dina laughs at my expression and asks me if i knew the difference between someone being a cross-dresser and a transvestite. Well let's say that I thought i did until this enlightenment. Apparently his agent had given him the low down on it. So I shall now pass this information on to you .... ;)
The first type: a straight guy who merely likes to dress in women's clothes during sex as a turn on. More like a sexual fetish (hehehe like those who like to suck on toes...oh boy do i have a story to tell on that one!)
Then we have men who like to dress in women's garbs 24/7. Can either be straight or gay. In most cases they are gay. Which by the way I'm told does not necessarily mean they are the docile ones in the relationship, could also be the aggressor ... umm if u know what i mean ;)
These two versions are considered cross-dressers.
Now a transvestite is a guy who not only dresses as a woman but who wants to be a woman in all sense. Most times these are the ones who go for sex change ops.
I'm sitting there listening to all this and thinking, 'wow! it really does take a whole lotta people to make up the world'. Its the ability to accept not only our own differences but that of others. Why do we judge on outward appearances. Isn't it the brain which matters? Seriously, I feel that men have it harder just because we women are put together so, so very differently and awkwardly...the boobs, the arse, the hair (just to name a few) :)
So to all of you out there who dare to be different and take one on the chin for doing so, kudos I say to you! Diversity I say, diversity!
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