Roulette

It's interesting to note how there are different typologies among gender variant people. For example, some will adopt a different persona while others will not. For one there will be a change of mannerisms, voice, etc. whereas for the other simply an enjoyment of the experience with no attempt to disguise a male self and core which is never truly questioned.

What fascinates me about this is that since socialization is such a potent force, some people learn to disguise feminine natures. However others have no such proclivities and yet enjoy the cross gender expression nonetheless. Therefore the feminine essence argument can fall away and pure expression becomes the only motivating force with most often a sexual aspect present especially if the expression begins at or after the age of puberty. 

So much is made of the feminine essence argument especially for androphilic male to female transsexuals but the reality is that many genetic women are not particularly feminine and often considerably less so than those who end up transitioning. So in essence you are left with a mixed bag of expression and identity (or essence if you will) with likely some genetics/propensity involved in the latter. Therefore how a person turns out truly becomes a spin of the roulette wheel.

Some people will transition and live in T shirts and jeans in virtual perpetuity wheras others will care very much about clothing and makeup which is pretty much the same statistical distribution you will find among genetic females.

What this shows me is that if a particular combination of factors (both genetic and sociological) is possible and can conspire to create an individual, then they likely will.