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Crossdressing may be an indicator of [[gender confusion]] or a fetish. It is considered a psychiatric disorder. (Fetishistic Transvitism).
Crossdressing may be an indicator of [[gender confusion]] or a fetish. It is considered a psychiatric disorder. (Fetishistic Transvitism).
It is a required stage before gender reassignment surgery is considered.
It is a required stage before gender reassignment surgery is considered.
==Theater==
Cross-dressing (also known as 'drag') has been associated with the [[theater]] for hundreds of years. In [[Shakespeare]]'s [[England]], women were not allowed to appear on stage, so female roles were played by boys dressed in women's costume. In [[Spanish]] theater at the same time, women were allowed to perform, and the plots of playwrights such as [[Tirso de Molina]] and [[Lope de Vega]] often called for female characters to disguise themselves as men, particularly in [[comedy|comedies]].
In the present day, cross-dressing is still a feature of some traditional theatrical forms such as [[pantomime]], where dames are played by men in exaggerated female costume<ref>[http://www.its-behind-you.com/pantodames.html Pantomime Dames]</ref> and leading male roles are often played by women as well (eg the eponymous hero in ''[[Dick Whittington]]'').
==Religious Views==
==Religious Views==