The Why Factor - Cross Dressing

Cross Dressing

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Why do men cross dress? Mike Williams interviews Helen, a London Underground train driver, Peter a detective novelist - who prefers dressing as Penny - and Peter’s wife who helps to choose the clothes and decide Penny’s look. He talks to the artist Grayson Perry about the relationship between his art and cross dressing. He also poses the question why is it that western society accepts men in kilts, priests in cassocks but has issues with men in skirts?

(Image: Artist Grayson Perry walking down the catwalk during a fashion show, in London. Credit: Getty Images)


Published on Friday, 13th December 2013.

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