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[–]worried19[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

No offense but why say essentialist things like this? You can just appreciate your unique self.

I don't think it's essentialist. If sexual orientation is determined by prenatal androgens and I suspect I got stronger exposure to testosterone in the womb, then it would make sense for me to be a lesbian. Not like it was destiny or fate, but something was atypical in my development. It's just a weird feeling that I've always had. I used to wonder if I was intersex. And before I found GC feminism, I wondered if I was supposed to be transgender. I have since accepted I am fully female, but I still feel like there's something that must explain why I'm at the atypical end of things.

I highly doubt that men fetishizing women's clothing is something that Western men invented. Whether or not they actually crossdressed with them.

Oh, I'm sure lots of men worldwide have fetishized femininity and female clothing. But I don't know if that would have developed into autogynephilia in all cultures.