Casual Crossdressing
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
Pop socks in the uk are calf length self supporting stockings. On the packet some are marketed as unisex.
If i buy myself a skirt, i am buying a man a skirt, so is it a mans skirt ,
so am i cross dressing if i wear unisex pop socks and a man's skirt ?
Are groups of females correct in saying "why are you wearing girls clothes ? "
A police officer said to me "why are you wearing a skirt ? "
My reply was " because i like wearing skirts, there is no law against wearing a skirt "
The police responce was " you are quite correct sir "
Am i cross because jo public asks me daft questions ?
Or am i a cross dresser because people consider i am wearing clothes which jo public would normally find in a ladies
Wordrobe ?
I am quite happy with the comment "look, a man in a skirt"
rodie
If i buy myself a skirt, i am buying a man a skirt, so is it a mans skirt ,
so am i cross dressing if i wear unisex pop socks and a man's skirt ?
Are groups of females correct in saying "why are you wearing girls clothes ? "
A police officer said to me "why are you wearing a skirt ? "
My reply was " because i like wearing skirts, there is no law against wearing a skirt "
The police responce was " you are quite correct sir "
Am i cross because jo public asks me daft questions ?
Or am i a cross dresser because people consider i am wearing clothes which jo public would normally find in a ladies
Wordrobe ?
I am quite happy with the comment "look, a man in a skirt"
rodie
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
I've not noticed society getting obsessed with the word unbifurcated. Beyond these forums, few people have ever encountered the word, I imagine (my spell-checker still does not recognize it!).
But I like the word, as it implies release from the restriction of closed garments, an opening up, a breaking down of prison walls.
Martin
But I like the word, as it implies release from the restriction of closed garments, an opening up, a breaking down of prison walls.
Martin
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
The "Male Un-bifurcated Garment" term got assembled around here about a dozen years ago to grease the skids, so to speak. It was meant to provide a general name for the skirt/kilt/gown/robe/[you get the idea] that hadn't been attached to some ethnic or gender variant stereotype.
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
It's a bit of a mouthful, though, isn't it. I bet most people wouldn't understand it. "Skirt" is so much better.
Keep on skirting,
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
I completely concur with SkirtyScot in this regard. It sounds forced, and in sounding that way leads the listener to believe that we (as "skirtsmen") are ashamed of our attire.skirtyscot wrote:It's a bit of a mouthful, though, isn't it. I bet most people wouldn't understand it. "Skirt" is so much better.
Which works better in an exchange?
-- or --A: "What's that you're wearing?"
B: "It's a male unbifurcated garment."
A: "Huh?"
See what I mean?A: "What's that you're wearing?"
B: "It's a skirt. Why?"
A: "Oh. That's different."
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
"Unfurcated" is a useful term, because it can describe garments that hang from the shoulders, as well as from the waist.
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
Also, "Male Unbifurcated Garment" can't be used accurately to describe a woman's skirt; or does a man wearing a women's skirt make it male? I see it as applying to kilts, either traditional or modern, and as a term known only to skirters (skirtsmen? skirtonians?) and followers of the movement. I use the term (MUG or unbifurcated) only in later stages of a long conversation.
There is no good reason to avoid simply using the word "skirt"! And we're not chatting in the Maleunbifurcatedgarmentcafe or the Mugcafe.
There is no good reason to avoid simply using the word "skirt"! And we're not chatting in the Maleunbifurcatedgarmentcafe or the Mugcafe.
When I heard about skirting, I jumped in with both feet!
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
Dare I say it....
The skirt cafe is a place where the gents are encouraged to bring their own MUG.
The skirt cafe is a place where the gents are encouraged to bring their own MUG.
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
I have long thought of myself as a crossdresser because I do like wearing feminine clothing but lately I've become more focused on just skirts. There is no way I can appear feminine so I go as a man in a skirt. I like the term "casual crossdresser" though. Lately I've been wearing skirts more and more in public. They are so much more comfortable the pants/jeans/shorts. I never have paid much attention to fashion rules...
Re: Casual Crossdressing
A new section has been added, "The Front Lines."
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The site has a new designation-fashionfreestyler.com
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I applaud the change of name. The blog entry about the name change states the issues very well.Grok wrote:The site has a new designation: fashionfreestyler.com
When I heard about skirting, I jumped in with both feet!
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Thanks. Sometimes we have to roll with change.skirtingtheissue wrote:I applaud the change of name. The blog entry about the name change states the issues very well.Grok wrote:The site has a new designation: fashionfreestyler.com
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Re: Casual Crossdressing
You could call a skirt for a man a "mirt". After all, there are the following words: Guyliner (eyeliner), manty hose (panty hose), murse (purse), moobs (boobs). And yes I came up with "mra" (bra) for the dude with moobs. Good old masculine anxiety.skirtingtheissue wrote: There is no good reason to avoid simply using the word "skirt"! And we're not chatting in the Maleunbifurcatedgarmentcafe or the Mugcafe.
John
Re: Casual Crossdressing
We have had this discussion in another thread and I think that we concluded that a skirt was a skirt and tights were tights and man-designations were a bad idea. Things are what they are and most are unisex. Anyway that this is not a site for cross-dressers has also been pointed out on other threads. So, please don't let us go there again.
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