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cross-dressing  

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  • When men wear women's clothes and/or attempt to impersonate what the culture considers to be a woman, and vice versa, this action is often referred to as cross-dressing. Acts of cross-dressing stress the nature of gender more than sexual pleasure or sexuality. [Source: Encyclopedia of Gender and Society; Cross-Dressing]

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