I've come across the idea that doing something that shows or openly admits to some weakness or failing can increase other people's perception of that person's power or strength. The idea is that if a person can afford to show weakness in an area, they must be very strong in others.moonshadow wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:18 amAn ironic concept, and one I've experienced first hand. I had a man tell me a few years back after a long discussion on the matter that he felt my skirts made me more masculine than the average man, simply on account of my courage and "don't give a damn what people think" attitude on the matter.Faldaguy wrote: ↑Mon Jan 03, 2022 3:55 am It does seem to me the onus is upon men to declare themselves (usually considered a masculine? verb) -- so perhaps the majority of men fearful, unwilling, unable or not interested in wearing a skirt are indeed feminine! Thus, by this reckoning those of us men who wear skirts are the only masculine ones!
It has been suggested that of you travel far enough in the universe that you might eventually come back around full circle where you started...
Perhaps the same phenomenon takes place with masculinity and such... travel far enough into feminine territory and you wind up masculine again...
*shrugs*
I think a selective use of women's clothing by men or men's clothing by women can have a similar effect of amplifying a man's masculinity or woman's feminity. You see women do this all the time incorporating men's wear, and guys can get some of the same kind of effect with wearing colors and patterns that aren't stereotypically masculine. But it would have to be done right, with a whole lot of confidence.