The Androgyne Hypothesis. Several clinical psychologists have hypothesized that the pysche of all men and women is innately androgynous, i.e. having the characteristics of both genders. Through cultural processes, however, most boys grow up to be fully masculine men and most women mature into fully feminine women. Envy of women. Some crossdressers say that they envy or idolize women and therefore want to be like them.
Some transvestites also say that they envy women's bodies.
Although this motive for crossdressing approaches transsexualism, for many men a desire to have breasts does not mean that they wish to be rid of their penises. Fooling the world. The urge to appear in public in women's clothes and pass as a woman provides all the satisfaction some men seek. They report that although they have the opportunity to dress often while they are home, they do not. Instead, they dress only when they have the occasion to go out.