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World Service,13 Dec 2013,17 mins

Cross Dressing

The Why Factor

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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鈥檚 wife who helps to choose the clothes and decide Penny鈥檚 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)

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