Re: On crossdressing
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 12:24 pm
Yes, I remember that schism well. It caused a split in the Cafe with a separate group being set up. Still, we are all here. Well, some of us....
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True of some styles, which is perhaps why they are less popular among men than skirts are, and why this is not Blousecafe.Derek Plattis wrote:If I buy a blouse from a women's clothes store it is likely to have bust tucks in it and be made to fit a women's figure ...
Well that's entirely subjective. Boys of course have any nascent sense of fashion individuality exorcised from them by the age of 5.Derek Plattis wrote:... and to appeal to women's sense of fashion and style.
Many skirts are designed to sit on the hips, so the waist:hip ratio does not matter. Most of mine are like that: I have slender hips.Derek Plattis wrote:Women's skirts are made with their wider hips in mind and so on.
I very much doubt that many people could tell you that, if they cared about the distinction in the first place. A bit like what's the difference between buying something which is exempt from VAT and something which has 0% VAT on it? (For the benefit of non-EU types, VAT is our sales tax.) Most folk would think " If it walks like a duck ..."Derek Plattis wrote:... when I wear them , I can be said to be cross-dressing. Wearing wigs, makeup, false boobs and so on in order to try to look like a woman is what I understand to be transvestism.
This is true, however remember that not all women are big busted. There are a lot of females out there who are frankly flat chested and it's not hard to find female tops that accommodate flat chested women, which by the way work on men, who tend to be somewhat flat chested by comparison. Just as there are women who don't have large breast, there are also men who don't have broad shoulders. Everyone's different. I just happen to have a torso shape that seems to work better in women's tops, at least to my taste anyway. But I've seen my share of men that it just won't work on.skirtyscot wrote:True of some styles, which is perhaps why they are less popular among men than skirts are, and why this is not Blousecafe.Derek Plattis wrote:If I buy a blouse from a women's clothes store it is likely to have bust tucks in it and be made to fit a women's figure ...
Very true. It's all the result of the arbitrary evolution of human civilization. In an alternate universe, it could very well be the men wearing the dainty lace and the women wearing the grease monkey coveralls! Really it could have simply started with Moses saying "men shall be submissive to women in all matters, so sayeth the Lord", and history as we know it would be VASTLY different!skirtyscot wrote:Well that's entirely subjective. Boys of course have any nascent sense of fashion individuality exorcised from them by the age of 5.Derek Plattis wrote:... and to appeal to women's sense of fashion and style.
Yep... 36inches is 36 inches anyway you measure it! Same as any other measurement!skirtyscot wrote:Many skirts are designed to sit on the hips, so the waist:hip ratio does not matter. Most of mine are like that: I have slender hips.Derek Plattis wrote:Women's skirts are made with their wider hips in mind and so on.
Nope, it would have been "Misses" instead. God wouldn't bother passing the gospel down to an inferior.moonshadow wrote:Really it could have simply started with Moses saying "men shall be submissive to women in all matters, so sayeth the Lord", and history as we know it would be VASTLY different!
Ah well... I stand corrected!crfriend wrote:Nope, it would have been "Misses" instead. God wouldn't bother passing the gospel down to an inferior.
I'm glad to see that the crack didn't set off a fire-storm. It was written entirely tongue-in-cheek.moonshadow wrote:Ah well... I stand corrected!
Well said WesleyN well said!!WesleyN wrote:For me I wear clothes because it's nice clothes. And I wear only clothes because I like the clothes. Not because I feel more feminine. I think that is the best reason for wearing clothes. You feel good in clothes you like.
WesleyN wrote:It's all confusing. I thought, that is always said, a crossdresser is someone who is dressed as the opposite gender. As man you looks like a woman. It is the same transvestite without sexual feelings. But who cares.
For me I wear clothes because it's nice clothes. And I wear only clothes because I like the clothes. Not because I feel more feminine. I think that is the best reason for wearing clothes. You feel good in clothes you like.
jjjjohanne wrote:I'm just me. I wear pretty clothes.
We're just us. We wear what we like.
Let's leave the macho hang-ups back in middle school where they possibly originated.