"The author is a happily married woman whose husband enjoys sharing her wardrobe--and she's written this book on trans-gendered men to focus on their relationships."
"A sexy young wife misses her husband so much she opens the closet and puts on one of his shirts. Turning the collar toward her cheek, she inhales his smell deeply. Her tan legs contrast nicely with the stiff white shirt, and her long hair falls over its starched collar. She steps gingerly toward the full-lenght mirror, sensually burying her toes in a white rug and holding yet another of his shirt, this one still on a hanger. She smiles, she spins. She collapses on the bed waring one shirt and clutching the other, and the camera slyly gives us a glimpse of her upper thigh. It could be an ad for sheets, cotton or cologne. It could be the beginning of a porn film. In any case, it does not seem sexually deviant. We decide that the woman is missing her husband or boyfriend - where ever he is -
and never consider the fact that she might be enjoying the clothes for the power th imply. It never crosses our minds that she could be single and trying these clothes on secretly just for a thrill. We give the whole scenario a comfortable meaning even when we are given nothing more
Now picture this: a sexy young husband misses hiswife so much he opens the closet and puts on one of her silk dressing gowns. He turns the lace collar to his cheek and inhales her smell deeply. Taking a transculent slip out of her drawer he walks to the full-lenght mirror, where he presses it against himself, looks into the mirror wistfulle, and collapses on the bed - wearing one negligee and clutchin the oter. The camera slyly gives us a glimpse of his upper thigh. It would never happen. No advertising company would ever use it. The only chance we'd have of seeing such an image is if it were played for laughs, a skit on Saturday Night Live featuring the late Chris Farl . It certainly wouldn't be sexy. Why is the woman in a man's shirt sexy?"
