I really don’t get this condition AT ALL.
As a man, I want to dress as manly as I possibly can to attract the type of women who are attracted to manly men.
What man wouldn’t?
With Mrs. Chandler, that has meant that I always must sport facial hair. Now she wants me to grow my head hair long, the way it was when I was 18. But I'm not 18, and my hair is at the "crazy Doc Brown" (Back to the Future) stage.
I have a working theory. Most trans or in reaity they are just cross-dressers, are trying to attract that very masculine ‘real man’ that you describe. They are competing for the same men that you think women are looking for.
The rise of cross dress is correlated to the decline in feminine women. Women are more and more lazy, more slovenly than ever, especially once they become married. No more make-up, don’t fix up their hair, wear sweat pants etc. Whereas the cross dresser is actively trying to appear as hyper feminine as possible, it’s basically Billy Beane moneyball, and it works to some extent because they are growing in number.