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One in Ten?

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(@valentina16)
Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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I once read that 1 in 10 men had experience of cross dressing.

It gives me a wry tingle though to look at a row of my and 9 other houses and muse, “Well, it’s me then!” And then having an even more inquisitive look at the 11th house, thinking “Well, I wonder who lives there?”

Anyone any better insight or statistics? 1 in 10? Seems amazingly few, especially if this includes the one-time experimenter (we all know, once tried, you never let it go!).

Any higher bids than 1 in 10?!

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Duchess
(@jennconn)
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Noble Member     Florida, United States of America
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@valentina16 I personally think it’s a lot higher Valentina.  I just can’t imagine why someone wouldn’t want to try on beautiful girl clothes.  Male clothes are so boring, just no fun at all.  Just think of all the males that have dressed as women for Halloween, a school prank, a dare, a part in a play.  There used to be things like switch day in schools, and womanless pageants.  All excuses for men to dress as women.  I’m not even counting all the times where couples have been just fooling around in the bedroom.  I’m betting it’s more like 4 in 10, which makes me think.  There’s over a 100 units in my condo, so that would mean that there are at least 25 crossdressers or people who have dressed as the opposite sex.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@jennconn Let’s hope they’re tempted to join CDH! 

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(@gafran)
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Noble Member     Warner Robins, Georgia, United States of America
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@valentina16 

 Many are to afraid to admit it to themselves let alone check a yes box on a poll. The closets are still full of denying CD's! Evidenced by the cycle of purging. 

 Fran 🥰 

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@gafran Yep. Without doubt.

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(@cdashley)
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Noble Member     Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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@valentina16 I’ve read that 1 in 10 and other articles that say it’s higher now a days. I’ve often wondered myself about this when in a room full of men and thought to myself who else in here does what I do. And as mentioned how do we know these numbers are accurate when most wouldn’t admit it even in a survey for fear of someone finding out. I’d say somewhere between 2 and 3 out of ten. Now I’m not counting someone who tried on the wife’s panties as a crossdresser as I don’t consider that crossdressing.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@cdashley I would agree with you, and I often wonder the same, am I so alone in this, in a very small minority? I doubt that we are the majority, so I would be surprised (perhaps ecstatic!) if the percentages were above say 35%.

Perhaps we are moving towards a best-guess-informed-estimate of a third?

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Lady
(@lisa55)
Prominent Member     Gloucester, Virginia, United States of America
Joined: 3 years ago

I would say higher. But to what degree is the question? Does it count if they tried on their wife's undies and bra while she was in the shower? Or home sick from work or school and just tried it once? In that case, I say higher. So many of us started off that way but it just seemed right and kept on doing it. Many keep it private and never tell anyone, whereas others might dress 24/7 with an understanding partner! I'm sure those numbers might be lower than .1%. So I would say maybe somewhere around 3% of the male population might have cross-dressed more than a few times.  
Just my opinion, I could be totally wrong.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@lisa55 If we’re just guessing, and trying to get behind this 1 in 10 figure, we will never be likely to know. It was so long ago that I saw this but it always stayed with me as an interesting factoid. I would be interested to know how many are true (even if just occasional) cross dressers, and by this I mean enjoyed the sensual sensation and perhaps have their own personal stash at the back of their drawers, so to speak! I feel sure it must be greater than 10%. Just wondering if there are any reliable stats on this.

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Lady
(@lisa55)
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Prominent Member     Gloucester, Virginia, United States of America
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@valentina16 I had read a report, oh way back at the turn of the century lol, someone said 40% of men had tried on women's clothing at one time or another. They never said to what degree. I am sure if we look hard enough someone has done a study. ❤️ 

Edit. Okay, I just did a quick Google search, and here is what I found. 2-3%, 20-30%, 41%, or more than 50% have all tried crossdressing. All but one (50%) were some sort of research.
So what is inside the center of a tootsie pop? 

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@lisa55 40%, now that’s more like it. And if that was 25 years ago, I bet it was understated and may have increased even further. Any higher bids than 40%?! 🤣

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@lisa55 That’s quite a range of researched figures! And you know, if you were to include those who tried once and didn’t pursue it but occasionally ponder or yearn, I bet it’s the above 50% figure.

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(@erinb)
Noble Member     Ohio, United States of America
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Not sure is a very interesting 🧐 question tho indeed 

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@erinb Beg to differ. It is intrinsic to those trying to work out to what extent their perceived secret activity is more widespread and therefore more acceptable to society, giving them enabling freedom to experiment in comfort even further. Security in numbers?

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(@erinb)
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Noble Member     Ohio, United States of America
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@valentina16 understand my apologies

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@erinb No probs. 💚

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@valentina16  These poor people!  If only they'd switch from math to sociology, they'd find that freedom is (mostly) theirs and that society (mostly) doesn't mind.

My bid is 5 to 1, 1 in 5.  But the true answer is probably unknowable.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@buildoe 20%? I’m forming a view it must be much higher, but, as you say quite rightly, we may never know.

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(@Anonymous 98283)
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@valentina16 Consider that the worldwide trans population is usually estimated at somewhere in the 1 - 6% range.  Crossdressers specifically would be a higher percentage I'm sure.  A couple years ago I remember reading a claim that for crossdressers it was 80%.  I can totally believe that 80% of men have worn a pair of panties once or twice, but in terms of actual active crossdressers, I'd be shocked if it was above 30% (which is still a helluva lotta people though)

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@buildoe yes, I have an inside feeling that 30% is probably not far from the truth. We may never really know though.

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Lady
(@prettytoes)
Honorable Member     alfred, Maine, United States of America
Joined: 2 months ago

i think its higher. don't ask, don't tell. i'd say more than half. everyone has secrets and that one they probably don't let out. you probably see one every day, they are probably just underdressing like a lot of us.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@prettytoes This really hadn’t occurred to me, that half the genetic men may be underdressing femme along with me! Why, I don’t know. Part of my awakening journey I guess. A durrr moment perhaps! Thank you 💚

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(@mirandam)
Estimable Member     Bay Area, California, United States of America
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I think you all touched on the issue - I’m pretty sure most men have tried women’s clothing at some point.   When we were kids we did not always have the shackles of “men do this” and “women do that.”  So for all of us we were just curious.

but as we got older a good percentage of those who maybe had a sister or tired on mom’s dress just found it less interesting or not exciting.  No worries.

but for us here … well we were just getting started. 🎀🩷

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@mirandam …and we continued with silky satin zest! 💚

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Duchess
(@alison-anderson)
Noble Member     Middlesex county, New Jersey, United States of America
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As others have said, to what degree? And was it for bedroom role play, or something beyond?

This type of question reminds me of the movie Dragnet. At the end two cops come in on motorcycle, and it turns out a woman is driving with Bill Murray hanging on in the back. She asks him if he's coming over tonight, and he says something like "I have to. I'm wearing your underwear."  😉 

If this counts as "had experience of crossdressing", even if it's plain cotton panties, then 10% (admitting it) isn't unreasonable.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@alison-anderson I must watch the movie. 

In terms of degree, it would probably need to be those with their own, maybe limited, probably secret stash, or those yearning to have such. If we were to count all those who have gone to a vicar and tarts party as the wannabe tart, or a Halloween witch, then I wouldn’t be surprised if we’re getting closer to the majority of men.

There must be some academic studies into this, with researched survey stats. There must be. Perhaps I should do a PhD in it!

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Lady
(@harriette)
Illustrious Member     Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Statistics show that somewhere between 1-3% of men crossdress on some sort of regular basis, but that kind of research is hard to define because so many of us are not visible or easy to find. Just because a husband once tried on his wife's panties doesn't really make him a crossdresser.

The style, location, and frequency will all affect this kind of data.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@harriette Worthy of academic study then, got to be.

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Lady
(@harriette)
Joined: 2 years ago

Illustrious Member     Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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@valentina16 There are many studies looking at various aspects of crossdressing. To find some, search for:

crossdressing research studies data

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Lady
Topic starter
(@valentina16)
Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
Joined: 3 weeks ago

Would it be rocking the political boat too much to ponder if Trump dabbles? Now there’s a curing thought! 🤮

[For political balance, I should also ponder the same about Biden…😂]

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Lady
(@prettytoes)
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Honorable Member     alfred, Maine, United States of America
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@valentina16 i heard Hoover was a crossdresser.

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@prettytoes Yes, I heard the same. Good man!

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Lady
(@prettytoes)
Honorable Member     alfred, Maine, United States of America
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i google how many men get their nails done at a salon and it was 30%

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(@valentina16)
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Noble Member     Worcester, Worcestershire, United Kingdom
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@prettytoes That seems quite a lot!

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