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Gender is a social construct, there is nothing natural about it and it’s time it was binned. This reminds me of something I read many years ago in which Julia Kristeva described what she called a double-bind regarding gender. On the one hand, restrictive and problematic gender norms are perpetuated...

I remember seeing a Quora plea from a mother trying to find a nightshirt for her son which was either for boys or at least unisex, but could only find them for girls. Men in night shirts found here: https://www.vermontcountrystore.com/search?Ntt=night+shirt&Nr=product.x_hideFromSearch%3ANo One ...

Grok wrote: ↑Mon Jan 05, 2026 1:31 am the Man Coffin

I like the "Man Box" idea and think that this is a great way to refer to it. I have never heard "Man Coffin" before.

That is awesome. Congrats on the new dress. It sounds like you have found a great style that works for you. I just started wearing dresses in the last 6 months. I wear large tops and medium bottoms so my strategy has been to size for the top and let the skirt of the dress fall where it will. :-) I t...

The problem here is the historical fact that the tern "unisex" was merely code for "butching up the women" and turning them into ersatz men. It NEVER, EVER (at least in the USA) referred to things moving in the other direction. Thanks for your reply. Your post prompted me to do ...

Regarding the first article: From a fashion perspective, my understanding is that 'androgynous', 'unisex' and 'genderless' are essentially synonymous. From a sociological perspective, however, there are differences in emphasis and connotation. I have come to prefer 'genderless' because it places the...

It is worth remembering that the bottom of a long coat is also called a skirt. So, most men wear garments with skirts in some form. Personally, having come to skirts via genderless clothing, I am very comfortable embracing the term 'skirt'. There are numerous examples of groups reclaiming terms that...

Myopic Bookworm wrote: ↑Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:37 pm Here's one I made earlier...

That's great.

There are a number of videos on YouTube addressing the lack of consistency in sizing for garments marketed to women. If trying a skirt on in a changing room is not an option in-store, then, if you wear something relatively close fitting, you can try a skirt on right over the top of what you are wear...

Thanks everyone for this very interesting thread. My hope is that each time someone sees one of us in a skirt, it makes it a little less unusual the next time they see a man in a skirt. At the same time, I have to recognize that I am very lucky to live in a place where a man wearing a skirt does not...

Yes, indeed. The main difference between my tunic-length turtlenecks and off-the-rack tunics (that I wear over pants at work) is that the material is much lighter and thinner in the shirts than in the off-the-rack tunics. I would wear the tunics without pants in warm weather outside of work, but I w...

. . . we don't have the same shape, dimensions, or many other factors to direct a "look" . . . The difference in the location of the waist seems crucial. I cannot find it now but there is/was a video on YouTube that recommended that men wear skirts high where a woman's waist would be. How...

I am Gen X but often wear skinny bottom with loose over-tops like a Millennial. So, I have been won over by the idea of not stuffing my pockets. I found a "fanny pack" with a nice square shape and I wear it as a sling, over one shoulder. It is so convenient to have everything I need kept i...

I think that the stickers are great. I interpret the purpose of the leg hair as indicating that the wearer is male. So, if removed, it would need to be replaced with some other indicator of that to let the image tell its story. Many people personalize their laptop computers with stickers. That seems...

Definitely. I just wore a waistcoat with a skirt to work last week. Not for everyone but for those of us to approach skirts from a genderless clothing approach, a waistcoat is a nice way to balance a skirt. A waistcoat is also a nice way to layer, adding another color or (in my case more often) text...