A gay rights activist holds a rainbow flag during a protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi December 15, 2013
A gay rights activist holds a rainbow flag during a protest against a verdict by the Supreme Court in New Delhi December 15, 2013. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi REUTERS

Channel 4's 'Secrets of the Living Dolls' documentary has made a huge impact on television this week after unravelling the not-so-exposed world of female masking. It tackled the lifestyles of extremely unique men who dress up like women.

The controversial documentary unfolded the stories of real men who do masking to look like females for different reasons. Some of them do it as a hobby while others make it as their passion of creating an alter ego that they give it most for their money and time. This sends out a message to the viewers that they are not at all freaks but are the same as everyone else in the society, Digital Spy UK noted.

Barbie Ramos, company owner that develops silicone outfits that the maskers wear, considered them as "vanilla people."

"I don't think it would be fair to call them gay or even attracted to other men. It's about fun. A lot of men have fun by pretending to be women," Ramos' son added in support to the documentary's theme.

One of the maskers who work as a British bartender has a girlfriend and dresses up to achieve "escapism," News.com.au wrote. If there's a downside to it, it's that it has been 15 years since he has been hiding his alter ego from his own friends and family, except for his girlfriend who openly accepts him.

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Most of those featured in the documentary were men masking as females but have not come out yet of their own dollhouse, Mirror UK reported. Many doubt if Channel 4 has accomplished its goal of informing viewers of men masking as dolls since it attracted more weird criticisms and comments from viewers via Twitter.

Many tweeter discussions about the 'Secrets of the Living Dolls' revolved more around the in-built penis pouches, the extra rectums or the $850 latex body suits, instead of opening the minds of many to the lessons they can get from the personal lives of the maskers.