Why do women get to wear male clothing with out anybody thinking that is strange?
How ever when men wear women`s clothing, they are thought of as very strange or even Gay? Why? Its just not fair!
Women started "appropriating" male clothing in the 1920’s, when lots of fashion rules and social rules were being broken just after WW1. "Super-feminine" dress (corsets, lace, floor-length skirts, picture hats) began to disappear, in favor of more practical, sedate clothes that women could do a variety of jobs in, and live in outside the home—then, by 1960, even womens’ gloves and hats were gone. The next step was "unisex" dressing, where women dressed in completely masculine styles (jeans, tees, sweats, pantsuits, boots, etc.)—some people think, to take on some of the "power" of the masculine elite. They were comfortable physically and psychologically, because they were identifying with male power. Some women now dress in unisex clothing their entire lives, even worrying when their female bodies don’t look good in slim masculine styles..
For a man (born into the ruling power group) to wear female clothing challenges the social order, and disturbs our assumptions.
February 14th, 2010 at 12:13 am
Pants are not just for men, is that what you mean? Woman can wear pants and men’s shirts just fine, however, there is a big difference when a man wears a woman’s skirt or dress.
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February 14th, 2010 at 12:53 am
go ahead and throw on those nylons, personally, I’d never want to wear womens clothing, dressed up like a chick once for a halloween party, it sucked totally, feels like your not wearing anything.
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February 14th, 2010 at 1:04 am
women wearing male clothing are labeled as tomboys or dykes.
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February 14th, 2010 at 1:13 am
Oh don’t get your panties in a bunch dude!
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February 14th, 2010 at 1:33 am
Women used to not be able to wear men’s clothing so in time men may be able to do the same with out any one looking at them funny..
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February 14th, 2010 at 2:05 am
who said life was fair.
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February 14th, 2010 at 2:44 am
Well, come and get my panty hose and heels, honey! I agree with you! The things women wear is "male" invented and indulged. It’s just ridiculous! Wear whatever you want and enjoy your life, dear….don’t worry about what’s "gay" or what is not…just "be"….:)
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February 14th, 2010 at 3:04 am
oh well
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February 14th, 2010 at 3:28 am
because people assume that the ideal is the male. to want to be male whether in dress(pants, tie), career(laywer, chef),or personality (athletic) is considered normal. to want to be female is not normal because society does not consider it the ideal. even if the want only ranges as far as silk panties (yeah they do feel great!!) or skirts (great way to catch a breeze and can have fantastic range of motion when running for a bus)
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February 14th, 2010 at 3:45 am
Because we are casual, we like to wear pants, jeans, shorts with t-shirts and pullovers. I could care less about what gays wear, they can do what they want.
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February 14th, 2010 at 4:29 am
Most men,s clothing is not gender specific. Pants are worn by both men and women. But dresses are for ladies only.
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February 14th, 2010 at 5:09 am
In today’s society, women get to do what they want to and you better not get in one face and say it’s not true.
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February 14th, 2010 at 5:46 am
Men wear woman’s flare jeans all the time here. It’s not looked at weird. As for woman that wear mens clothing, I think they look sloppy and it makes them look fat. My sil wears my bils cloths all the time and she looks like shit.
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February 14th, 2010 at 6:21 am
because were cool
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February 14th, 2010 at 6:32 am
cause men’s clothes are made unisex and anybody can wear them cuz of the comfort, but women’s clothing is made strictly for their body, and not every body could wear it.
For example, you have a violin case and a cello case, right? The cello case can work as a violin case if necessary but you can’t fit the cello in the violin case cuz, duh, its too big
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February 14th, 2010 at 7:00 am
It’s not thought of as strange for men to wear "skirts" or "hanging clothes" where it is an accepted part of the male culture…just look in Arab or African culture. Similarly, women do not wear clothes where it is not an accepted part of the female culture. The point is that when a man OR woman purposefully dresses in clothes that are never accepted as an article of clothing for his/her gender, they are making a statement beyond their dress but more towards their sexual orientation.
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February 14th, 2010 at 7:06 am
Women started "appropriating" male clothing in the 1920’s, when lots of fashion rules and social rules were being broken just after WW1. "Super-feminine" dress (corsets, lace, floor-length skirts, picture hats) began to disappear, in favor of more practical, sedate clothes that women could do a variety of jobs in, and live in outside the home—then, by 1960, even womens’ gloves and hats were gone. The next step was "unisex" dressing, where women dressed in completely masculine styles (jeans, tees, sweats, pantsuits, boots, etc.)—some people think, to take on some of the "power" of the masculine elite. They were comfortable physically and psychologically, because they were identifying with male power. Some women now dress in unisex clothing their entire lives, even worrying when their female bodies don’t look good in slim masculine styles..
For a man (born into the ruling power group) to wear female clothing challenges the social order, and disturbs our assumptions.
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February 14th, 2010 at 7:25 am
In some cultures men wear clothing (kilts, thobes, skirts, etc) that we would associate as women’s clothing. Still in those cultures the men who wear that clothing are doing so to look like men.
Women in our culture who wear pants are not trying to look like men.
However men in our culture who wear dresses, skirts, pantyhose, etc, are not trying to look like men — they’re trying to look like women. They are rejecting their natural gender for another which in any culture is not considered healthy.
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