Clothes make the (wo) man

[Ann Stef]

Have any of you girls thought of the prejudice between what clothes a woman, wears versus what a man wears.

On TV, "Murder she wrote", Jessica, on one program, wore a suit with collar shirt and tie in a full suit. The suit was pale blue, otherwise if it was gray or black, it would look like a man's suit.

A woman can wear any type of clothing that resembles that of what a man wears, with no noise made from the public.

My SO gave me a list of what a man cannot wear in public. This. of course, includes all women's clothes along with others that she mentioned, below.

A man cannot wear shorts that look silky, slinky, smooth or floral. He also cannot wear a tank top of above description, especially floral. A man cannot wear a wide flared shorts, (split skirt), in public also.

I have rebelled, and wear a split skirt, (slightly taken in), along with wide flared nylon panties for the severe hot weather here in Florida. MY SO puts up a little argument on the shorts, but agrees that the nylon panties are cooler in the summer.

I told her that mens clothes feels like rough cardboard laced with barb wire.
She has some feeling for me on comfort that I desire.

Have you ever discussed with the other gender on the comfort of wearing nice smooth undies and outer clothes.??????

What is your opinion on wearing comfy clothes, that may look feminum , in public ????

Do you belierve that a man should have the same comfort as a female when it comes to wearing clothes anywhere?????

Come on, let loose!!!!

[DonnaT]

I believe we should be able to wear what ever we want, regardless of comfort.

[Janet Bern]

I wear the nylon jockey briefs (feel like Vanity fair panties)
I wear the polyester mens shorts (like ladies shorts that blow in the wind)
I wear the new type breathable golf shirts (like ladies shirts)
sometimes go out with a bra underneath

So there ,,we can do ladies things in the summer

[Ann Stef]

sounds like Janet like the same clothes as us seniors here in Florida.

[Anne]

These days, there isn't really any clothes a man cannot wear, barring state laws on indecent exposure. Yes, there are some things that do not get very high on the social acceptance scale, if that is what whe means.

But the times are a-changin'. Look at http://e-mancipate.net/ - that would have been taboo not long ago. The related blog http://www.nylongene.com/ shows that there are guys in shorts and nylons regularly getting out.

Part of it is the situation - a GG wouldn't go out to the mall in a cocktail dress and neither should we - the "dress like the crowd" thing goes aways to get in the mainstream. So a split skirt and top, on a sunny day around Florida should be just fine as everyone is wearing cool clothes, you are mainstream.

[Ann Stef]

saw men's capris for sale in Bealles stores in Florida. These came with the split on seam at bottom, but no flowers. Seems like capris are getting acceptable for men to wear now in public.

[Willie W]

saw men's capris for sale in Bealles stores in Florida. These came with the split on seam at bottom, but no flowers. Seems like capris are getting acceptable for men to wear now in public.

When I wsa 7 or 8 years old my brother and I wore matching pants that would be called capris today. Back then we called them deck pants. Kind of a sailor theme. They were khaki with a white rope belt and they were slit a few inches on the outside of the legs.

[Absaroka]

Atlhough there are few clothes that will elicit the "man in a dress" response of the general public when worn by women (working in the yard barechested comes to mind), the truth is that in many ways womens choices of clothing are far more restrictive than mens.

My wife, Sunday through Thursday, devotes some thought as to what she will wear to work the next day and then setting out her outfit. Even when I worked in an office I never did that. She has never had the freedom to wear the same white shirt and dark pants all week like I did.

A perusal of some of the diatribes here against women dressing down to go to WalMart should prove my point nicely.

More to the point, when I CD I pretty much wear what I want, in the privacy of my home, my yard, and etc. If I had to present myself to the public I'd need to do an awful lot of stuff that would get old real fast in terms of attention to my appearance, matching styles to the event, makeup, attention to my hair (30 seconds each morning to brush it into a ponytail in guy mode) shoes that would hurt my knees, looking poised and not getting sweaty in the summer, and so on. I suspect that in no time at all I would be longing for the male privilege of not paying much attention to what I wear.

Absaroka

[KimberlyS]

I have about a 10 or so tops and some jeans that are femme that I wear in male mode and ok per my wife. It is surprising if you look there is quite a bit of femme wear that is unisex looking.

Of course I wear a fair amount of femme wear out of sight while in male mode.

[Angela]

I agree that anyone should be able to wear what they want. I'm from Scotland and a man can walk about wearing a kilt, which is a skirt and nobody so much as bats an eyelid, but if the same guy (who's not a CDr) were to walk about in say a denim skirt or a summer dress he would get dogs abuse heaped on him and possibly even be attacked. Yes there is a very pronounced double standard.

[Gaven McLaren]

I am doing my part to break that. On weekends I will wear a skirt and a fem shirt. Like I have posted many times on the forum. I do not try to pass. I like being male and just have a love of fem clothes. I would rather wear them then male clothes. Except for the waves it might cause at work I would wear more fem clothes at work. I wear nothing but Fem jeans so I would have to buy mens jeans if someone ever had an issue with that.

[Ann Stef]

It is nice to hear from those who like to wear fem clothes for comfort, and not try to pass as en femme. In the summer, a loose dress is still more comfy than pants when the temp hits 90 with90 humidity. glad to hear from gals who dress for comfy.

[SusanAnderson]

Firstly, kilts make you feel really masculine.

You really can wear what you want in public as long as you are not silly. I spent most of Thursday shopping in a retail park at Gretna Green wearing a knee length flared skirt, woman's T top and flat mules, with bare (hairless) legs, and tried on lots of women's clothes, and bought lots of heels in LK Bennett. No one made the slightest comment or gave me a second glance. It can be done. It was a very hot day, and so refreshing to wear a skirt that blew in the breeze. The shop staff seemed to enjoy having a male customer buying this stuff.

[Ann Stef]

Nice to be able to wear a nice skirt in public. Here, in a conservative senior citizen area, many would frown upon it, including my SO. However, I still wear a split skirt in public, sort of looking like a young guy wewaring baggy shorts. Someday, I hope to wear a flared skirt in the hot weather here.