Would you ok your son wearing a dress?

Yes I'd be fine.
Candace Owens is tedious.

Personally I think those men look awful but each to their own. The kilts are ok but why they need to be bare chested escapes me.

Kilts and religious tunics aside. Yes, I believe in a distinction between men and women although acknowledging not everyone is gender conforming. I wouldn’t be easily accepting of a child of mine choosing to wear a dress. I wouldn’t make it easy, I’d expect a good lengthy debate but ultimately I love my children/ grandchildren and would potentially accept.

I'd be happy that he was confident enough to express himself in a way thats regarded as unusual... I think its interesting and shows character, creativity and strength. 8 thought Harry styles looked amazing on the coverbof vogue. And I love fashion myself why would I ever censure my son for being interested in fashion and making bold choices?

There are quite a lot of Muslims who don’t attend mosque and a fair few from the Middle East, and Indian subcontinent who aren’t Muslim. I think it’s probably more you see “robe” and think “Muslim” than there aren’t Christian, Hindu, etc who wear these things.

I don't have a problem with it, but I wouldn't let my boys wear a dress or skirt outside, no. Where we live they would be absolutely ripped to shreds, and I wouldn't be surprised if someone tried to harm them, and we live in a decent area.

Sorry but Harry Styles looks fucking ridiculous in that picture, and Prince was not hot.

Noone is saying this is currently mainstream but why shouldn't it be? Women fought to make women in trousers mainstream.

Luckily I live in a country that actively encourages this sort of thing:

If they wanted to wear a dress I wouldn't stop them but I'd be really worried about bullying.

@5zeds here in the UK most practising Muslims only wear theirs to go to Friday prayers at the mosque so I would say it is religious attire.

@2bazookas my mum is n her 70s and was fired for wearing trousers to work in her youth. When I went to high school in the 90s, we weren't allowed to.wear trousers until the headmaster decreed it was cold enough. This shit is not new.

I love Harry styles for wearing his dresses and just getting in with it. I think he’s a great role model for little boys who are gender non-conforming. If he were ever to ‘come out’ as non-binary I’d be really disappointed.

I would let my sons where a dress.

People say on here that they would be ridiculed for doing so. It is only by standing up to small minded people with stupid ideas about what other people are allowed to do, that change will happen.

There are plenty of other men out there who wear dresses and skirts. Robert Sheehan for one. None of them are getting slated for it because they weren't in a boyband.

[quote equuscaballus]@DidoLamenting
You were never part of the alternative/goth culture then.

It isn't new and i've been on many nights out with straight/bi males who wore dresses for fun and pulled it off well with confidence![/quote]
No but how many were? It's just nonsense to pretend this is mainstream. And tbh plenty of male goths wore make-up- not so sure about dresses

Ok @Awarethebear but Muslims don’t wear dresses/robes/dishdasha as part of their religion. I think it’s cultural not religious, just as boys wearing trousers is cultural here.

Yes, as a fashion statement, or a statement of pushing back against sex stereotypes. Happy to 'allow', even to purchase. Definitely to defend.

Not if it appeared to be related to a fetish (thinking older teens here). In that case I would grey rock the entire thing, not banning, but also being disengaged and non-reactive towards the dress wearing. Starve the provocation of emotionality.

I'm personally not attracted to manly.men and prefer androgynous men, so perhaps this is why I have a limited attachment to masculine norms of dress.

Muslim men wear shalwar kameez so I assumed you was.

I was replying to simonjt and user127575 ( not those numbers but the picture they posted) NOT YOU 5zeds.

I made a conscious decision that I would never get worked up by anything my DC did to their appearance that was reversible.

@DidoLamenting
You were never part of the alternative/goth culture then.

It isn't new and i've been on many nights out with straight/bi males who wore dresses for fun and pulled it off well with confidence!

I think when people say "but it's not a dress " they mean " it's the type of dress that they understand is acceptable as menswear"