Thanks Dennis
Uncle Al
Thanks Dennis
Well said! I have said almost those exact words on my own "man in a dress" blog, and I am surprised the moderators let this discussion run on as long as it has considering the subject line that violates everything we are about here.
As have my two scores. The pages are still being written however and the ink is hardly dry.
The forum is about men wearing skirts for whatever reason, including those who prefer to present as a woman, but it is not about wanting to look like a woman. I would be very sorry if this forum excluded people like me who wear skirts and also like being taken for a woman - but it is perfectly correct that we should confine the majority of our postings here to just the skirts themselves and be careful not to imply that our particular reasons for this choice are in any way applicable to other members.Ray wrote: ↑Sun Sep 05, 2021 11:40 pm I agree with you and Dennis, UA.
I’m happy to allow the odd digression, but this is - uniquely - a place for guys to wear skirts etc WITHOUT looking like women. I have no problems with those who wish to go down that avenue - but it’s not what this particular forum is about.
Ray
There are some of us, a very few, who feel more comfortable in life as a woman rather than as a man. Our bodies don't meet our own, and other people's, expectations, so we use clothing and other visual indicators instead; presenting as a woman is our way of signalling how we would like to be treated by the people we meet.
OK. Thanks.presenting as a woman is our way of signalling how we would like to be treated by the people we meet.
The only 'deception' involves my birth certificate and some parts of my body - and neither of those should be any concern of the people I interact with during my daily life. If I were to go for complete transition, the last remaining 'male' bits would be my chromosomes and they are even less relevant to everyday life. Trying to pass as a man has been my real deception in life, it is such a relief now that I no longer have to do that.
It's easier to explain how they treated me when they saw me as a man: they were wary and regarded me as a threat. Until I presented as a woman I had no idea how strong this was; it came as a great shock to me the first time it didn't happen.And how are you treated differently by people you meet when you present as a woman as opposed to how you are treated when you are when you present as a man?