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My response to cross dressing

240 replies

manpretty · 07/06/2026 16:17

I have seen on here some resentful remarks about crossdressing, not just from males as I would expect, but from females as well. To be fair men have had to accept women cross dressing for decades now and that is supposed to be totally OK seeing women living in jeans, leggings, shorts, sports trousers, joggers etc. Personally I grew up seeing women wearing skirts and dresses when they went out shopping, to a pub restaurant or cafe and just in ordinary everyday life. They looked great then and I always loved those clothes which is why I now prefer to dress in skirts and dresses myself. I love feeling the flowing materials (nothing sexual) and wearing the very kind of clothes that I wish today`s women would wear themselves. Give me a chiffon skirt or dress and a lovely lacey petticoat (waist slip or full slip) and I feel totally happy and more natural than ever.

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Batties · 07/06/2026 16:36

The fact that you view women wearing jeans, leggings, shorts, sports trousers, or joggers as “cross-dressing” is incredibly revealing of your attitudes towards women. taking clothing that is normal women’s attire and pretending it is equivalent to men dressing as women really does demonstrate the weakness of your argument

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 07/06/2026 16:36

I like wearing flowy dresses too.

Does this mean that you and I are gasp better than the other women??

JK, buck the fuck up.

MrsColinRobinson · 07/06/2026 16:35

No idea why you think this is of consequence to us.

Wear whatever you want just keep out of our spaces, leave our language and terminology alone, and don't expect us to pretend you don't look like a big weird bloke in awful clothes and badly applied make up.

Do you think you're a different gender whilst dressed in a skirt?

ErrolTheDragon · 07/06/2026 16:33

It’s also pretty arrogant of you to think that it matters one whit to women that you wish more women would still wear pretty frocks nowadays. Dude, we wear what we want, appropriate to the occasion and season. 😂

tripleginandtonic · 07/06/2026 16:32

Im happy for anyone to dress as they like, make up or not, jewellery, tattoos whatever. But the split is biological

Ipsevenenabibas · 07/06/2026 16:30

Bless you.

Ponderingwindow · 07/06/2026 16:29

Clothes are just clothes. Anyone can wear them.

its not possible to “cross dress”
because no item of clothing belongs to a single sex.

GirlsInGreen · 07/06/2026 16:28

That's nice dear.

FionnulaTheCooler · 07/06/2026 16:26

Wear what you want, just stay out of women's single sex spaces.

ErrolTheDragon · 07/06/2026 16:26

Wear what you want, it’s no skin off my nose. Just don’t expect us to pretend you’re actually a woman if you’re male.🤷‍♀️

Mmmnotsure · 07/06/2026 16:26

ghostofchristmaspasta · 07/06/2026 16:20

Okay? Weird post.

I know Mumsnet is notoriously gender critical, which is not something I align with, but I still feel like this is rage bait of some kind.

FWIW women wearing historically masculine clothing is not cross dressing, types of clothes have flip flopped between masculine and feminine forever.

Not sure it's rage bait, tbh.

I suspect it is looking to have quite another outcome to hand.

MagpiePi · 07/06/2026 16:25

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My response to cross dressing
MandyMotherOfBrian · 07/06/2026 16:23

Bit of a boring Sunday afternoon, is it, luv?

Hamela · 07/06/2026 16:21

Women are human beings with free will, not pretty mannequins with outfits for the male gaze. HTH.

ghostofchristmaspasta · 07/06/2026 16:20

Okay? Weird post.

I know Mumsnet is notoriously gender critical, which is not something I align with, but I still feel like this is rage bait of some kind.

FWIW women wearing historically masculine clothing is not cross dressing, types of clothes have flip flopped between masculine and feminine forever.