This would only make sense if you were doing something ground breaking. Most women already dress in trousers, jeans, jogging bottoms etc.
@Bluntness100 Some do, some don't. Most women do some of the extra stuff, hair removal, makeup, whatever, that guys don't have the same amont of pressure to do.
Choosing to wear skirts/dresses vs trousers is a personal choice
@Winesalot None of our choices are made in a vaccum, they are all due to various factors.
^Why would you being less feminine encourage others to do the same, when Clearly your mums choices didn’t encourage you to do so.
Sounds to me a bit like maybe you were embarrassed by your mums so called ‘masculinity’ and tried to compensate for it in yourself.^
@LouiseBelchersBunnyEars I don't know if I was embarrassed, but it wasn't the sort of woman that I wanted to be at the time, when it comes to the clothes I didn't think it looked 'pretty.' I think a lot of people, especially in their teens, define themselves in opposition to their parents/make their own identity that way, based on what they don't want to be party (I don't know if I'm expressing that well.) As I've got older I've realized how awesome my mum is even more though.
What is ' dressing gender-free'?
@Palavah Not doing the extra stuff that men have to do, or indicating with one's clothes something like submission, sweetness, femininity (socially fostered sex roles, not femaleness.)
If there's anything you wear now which you feel actually contributes to women's oppression / objectification etc then by all means stop it. Maybe for you it's akin to not wearing fur, or only buying ethically sourced fabrics?
@ErrolTheDragon That's a good way of putting it. The personal is political and what we personally do in whatever way does have an effect.
And I too think you need to address your own misconceptions of gender defining clothes if you talk about your mother wearing 'masculine' clothes.
@Wines- Exactly.
Wear what you want. Support other women by supporting their freedom to do likewise.
So liberal feminism would say. Of course other women can wear what they want, it isn't without external influence though, a bit like women don't usually entirely 'choose' sex work. (I'm not saying the two are similar obviously, just that all our choices are based on something.)
We are already liberated. And have been for decades.
If you felt that about everything, unless you've just happened to land on this thread, you wouldn't be on the Women's Rights board because you'd think we already had all the rights we needed and liberation.
Most women don't dress as 'girly' as me maybe, but almost all of us do some beauty practices etc.
^Are only trousers acceptable then, do you think? I love dresses, because there is nothing digging around my waist, and they suit my figure.
I feel that my opinions are I my head anyway, and don't need to wear them on my body
@firesong It's just part of in theory trying to implement one's politics in every sphere of life. I'm not much of an activist or don't do much IRL though maybe, but arguably we all 'should' in some way, even if it's just signing petitions or donating or something.
Trousers- well I suppose it would be. Or dungarees or something. 
I have some pyjama trousers (I'm not normally a pyjama person) which could pass as normal trousers. They're really comfy. So might try something like that.
I am a gender free campaigning for climate awareness* bear.
@MindTheMinotaur Lol! Maybe you should start a movement. 
I find masculine styled/ unisex clothing deeply unattractive.
@DidoLamenting I had thought so too, but am now trying to develop a relatively 'gender free' way of dressing that I can live with.
Yes, I make myself look more ‘feminine’ currently as I’m on the lookout for a husband/long term partner. Once in an established relationship I’ll probably wear less makeup and have my hair shorter (still long, but not as long)
I'mEating - Yes, some clothes etc are, in theory at least, designed to signal heterosexuality (I don't know how to put it without it sounding wrong- I know people will say they're wearing what they want, but everything has a meaning.) Leaving these modes of dressing is a way of letting men know we're not interested (not that that puts some of them off unfortunately.)
I probably won’t go as far as androgynous as I’d be afraid of being criticised for not being conventionally attractive (I had a lot of that sort of bullying at school, plus I’m quite sensitive)
I think that's part of why I dress feminine, because I was bullied for all sorts of things and wanted some stuff I wasn't bullied for. I developed eating disorder symptoms in my teens partly for the same reason.
Agree with pps that it was excellent in the early 90s when our clothes were often interchangeable with the boys
My look was quite feminine in the 90s. Indie skirts, ripped tights. Body tops. Then I was into a goth look. (Though I didn't like the music. I did wear boots though. More recently I got into a Mary Jane shoe, like Courtney Love in the 'Kinderwh*re' phase. (Ugh at the concept now!)
I love the idea of ‘trying to’ but not quite managing it and ending up dressing up as a lady instead!
@WellThisIsShit I even will need a shoulder bag, as I carry my bag in a 'girly' way. Need a bag for all the phones for Pokemon. By 'trying' I also meant maybe I won't keep it up for long.
I don’t use my clothing to signal my gender because I don’t believe in gender.
@CoffeeTeaChocolate They arguably signal gender (well, clothes are gendered) whether that is your intent or not. A dress is a 'woman's outfit' i.e. wearing it is part of a sex role. It arguably, according to Sheila Jeffreys, also signals 'ease of access' for the male sex right.
Still catching up but posting this in case I somehow lose all I've written.