I ran across an article that argues crossdressers typically share the following traits:

  • Intelligence

  • Creating and making things

  • Intellectual Curiosity and Eclecticism

  • Collectors/Hobbyists/Tinkerers

  • Perfectionism

  • Enjoy flights of fancy

  • Loners

which the author, a crossdresser herself, argues typically has made crossdressers feel “different” from others and a bit of an outsider even before they put on the dress. (The bullet list doesn’t do justice to the author’s points about these traits.)

For me it was freakily accurate on most counts. Just out of curiousity, I posted it as a poll on Crossdressers.com asking others how well it described them as got the following a result:

  • Describes me very well – 64 votes – 62.14%

  • Generally describes me, but some parts don’t – 28 votes – 27.18%

  • Some describe me, some don’t – 9 votes – 8.74%

  • Generally doesn’t describe me, but some parts don’t – 1 vote – 0.97%

  • Doesn’t describe me very well – 1 vote – 0.97%

But what was even more interesting where the “oh my god, that’s me” reactions from many folks. A FTM was intrigued enough that he posted in it in the FTM section and got a similar distribution, although only about half dozen of the guys responded.

As far as the loner bit, I suspect that may vary depending on how introverted/extroverted you are. (Introverts recharge by being alone, extroverts recharge by interacting with people.) So if you’re really extrovert, you’ve got a need to be around others—although I suppose it’s possible to simultaneously have loner characteristics, such as having lots of friends, but few really close ones.

Obviously, both the writer and the people taking the poll represent a skewed population just by being on the Internet, but it’s still quite interesting that so many people thought it described them.