DdraigGoch None of the girls I went to sixth form with wore skirts, pearls and twinsets. Most wore jeans and hoodies, just like the boys.
Some of the girls in my sixth form wore twinsets, due to a brief resurgence of them circa 2000. But anyway, they are clothing stereotypically associated with women, not men, so a man or boy wearing them is breaking gender stereotypes, which is great (unless they conform to stereotypes by claiming it reflects an inner female identity).
Coyoacan I think it is sad that so many people think that the only way to be different is externally, in our clothes etc. In my humble opinion, the more people dress outlandishly the more conformist they are inside.
I agree, in the main. Although there's a difference between dressing outlandishly whilst surrounded by people telling you that's amazing, and dressing in a way that's outside of norms but doesn't come with extra special social status (and maybe even the opposite).
But anyway, I was referring to the situations where someone thinks they're trans, say a boy who starts wearing dresses, then decides they're actually a boy so stops wearing dresses. If he likes the dresses, isn't it sad that accepting his biological sex comes with not wearing them any more? Its just something I've noticed in some accounts and it seems a shame.
Perhaps I am biased after seeing one of the small children I look after being socially transitioned by his mother because he liked sparkly things and dresses.