I was in a comic shop yesterday and there were

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3 men, dressed head to toe in baby pink. Frilly skirts, very short skirts, over knee socks, bows everywhere. Wigs (varying shades of pink) Size 11 Mary Jane shoes.

They were being SO loud. And in the middle of Manchester were talking in fake American accents, with that certain way they talk in dubbed animes, I can't explain it but where they sound shocked about everything.
They were picking up books and shouting 'Omg I love thisssss! "

They must have all been mid thirties.

They just took over the whole shop with what they were wearing, their loudness and shrieking.

I left because I didn't want to say anything as I'd be in FB within the hour for being a TERF.

My point is not a single real woman in that shop or any others I went in that day were behaving like that.

None.

What do they think they are pretending to be??

So anything short of indecent exposure is fine?

Yes because they are living out their fetishes and they go home and have a wank thinking of your face and all other women they passed looking like that. And that boundary breaking behaviour escalates more often than not into violent and disgusting behaviour.

I have never consented to being a part of that. That you are not disturbed is just strange to me unless you really do not understand what a paraphilia is

Yes, it is like voyeurism.

Northern Quarter?
I would just roll my eyes and leave as soon as possible.
I don’t care what people wear but these men were just displaying a fetish in public and me and my children won’t be part of that

No, comic shop near Afflecks.

Thats where I meant - have I got my quarters mixed up?

Ah I don't go Town much, I didn't think that was classed as the NQ.

Its the clothed version of flashing isnt it. So yes it does matter

Not that theres anything any one can do about it though

You could be right but that was exactly where I imagined you might have seen this

To be fair she asked a question.

You are correct, if you use pronouns or lolk at them they want in the mirror later thanking of your reaction or saying 'she'.

Same ballpark even if not official NQ

Travelling Man, I’m guessing. Good shop. But yes, sometimes frequented by the three letter acronym that may not speak its name.

Do what you like with consenting adults in private. Stop co-opting other people into your kink, ffs.

No, the other one round the corner.

It's definitely a kink. Imagine the outrage if a woman went out like that during the day. She would be slut shamed.

Was there an event on locally? Dressing up (cosplay) is pretty mainstream now. Don't get why myself but I have friends my age (middle aged) who do it, copying your favourite character isn't sexual it's just fun apparently. As long as the parts of the body considered private are covered, whether it's frilly knickers doesn't matter. No different to being uncomfortable with what some women choose to wear, it's a free country.

There's an event all weekend at the sugden sports centre google tells me

Actually that's next month, there's one at another place this weekend, seem to be monthly

They weren't dressed as characters and even if they were why would middle aged men choose to dress like a young girl out of all the characters in the world? Tiny skirts, visable frilly knickers, long socks with suspenders, padded chest, pig tails, bows in their hair 🤢 Like a sex offenders dream. It's gross.

Sam Smith's friend Alok was quite q significant influencer in encouraging this dress style online.

TBF I'd imagine they'd love it if they were slut shamed though

Yes! Because it made OP so uncomfortable she left. The shop lost a customer because some pervs were acting out their fetish in public.

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I'd probably have thought "oooookay....." and carried on browsing.
Love comic cons and cosplay outfits as well as comic type shops so would have seen it as just that.
People want to dress up. So what, they're not harming anyone

Wearing costume isn't always a fetish for crying out loud, that's ridiculous

Exactly, I went to a convention a few weeks back in a city centre.
Lots of people wandering around as anime characters or superheroes , maybe there were people thinking "fetish!" if they dared to go into a shop whilst out too?!

Wearing costume isn't always a fetish for crying out loud, that's ridiculous

@CremeEggQueen

That's true of course. But a man wearing a skirt so short you can see his knickers whilst he's dressed up as a little girl is!

Love comic cons and cosplay outfits as well as comic type shops so would have seen it as just that.

I love comic con and cosplay too. I draw the line at men showing off their underwear whilst dressed as little girls.

I'm going to Comic con myself.

There is a HUGE difference between cos play and whatever the fuck this was.