For those who are a little puzzled at this stage, the Middle Common Room, or MCR, is a social place for Graduate students. It was cancelled in the end for various long and obscure reasons, but I felt there was probably enough interest in the common room for me to write this article for the magazine. A Lumberjack Writes Imagine my surprise and delight when I opened last term's issue of Catalyst. Well, probably more than you think. Such is the stigma attached to being transvestite that it's a very brave man indeed who goes public.
Women can wear absolutely anything from a man's wardrobe without raising eyebrows.
It is even considered high fashion for a woman to wear a man's suit. If however I were to turn up at the department wearing what I am as I write this article, I would be an object of instant ridicule, or even a subject of complaints. Last year a male undergraduate at St. John's College decided to wear a dress to formal hall. To be honest, nobody really knows although most start crossdressing at an early age. A common myth is that transvestites are homosexuals who dress to attract men - in reality the incidence of homosexuality among transvestites is no greater than for the population as a whole.