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While some cross-dressers may have no desire or intention of adopting other behaviors or practices common to the gender indicated by their choice of clothes, many cross-dressers endeavor to project a complete illusion of belonging to the opposite sex, down to mannerisms, speech patterns, and emulation of sexual characteristics - this is known as passing.
Others use a more "mixed" approach, as for instance a man who may wear both a dress and a beard - this is sometimes known as genderfuck.
Sexual preferences among cross-dressers vary as much as they do in the general population. However, most male-bodied cross-dressers prefer female partners. So do most female-bodied.
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Some people use the term cross-dresser to refer exclusively to people who wear clothes of the opposite gender who are not transvestic fetishists or doing drag.
Male goths may wear visible make-up, long hair and lace blouses, and even dresses. Within the goth subculture this is not viewed as cross-dressing.
Some sketch shows, such as League of Gentlemen[?] and Kids in the Hall routinely feature cross-dressing for comic effect.
Some stories have an element of forced feminisation in them, were a man is forced to wear female clothing, or pretend to be a female, often as part of some humiliation.
Female masking[?] is a special form of crossdressing where female clothing and behaviour are combined with female head/face masks, typically made from Latex.
Historically, and still in some parts of the world or in specific situations, cross-dressing occurs for reasons not (or not necessarily) related to the ones mentioned above:
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