My response to cross dressing

[manpretty]

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.

It's been a long time since I've met anyone that cares that much about how someone dresses. Unless perhaps it's indecent or not suitable for a particular work situation. If a man wants to wear a dress then that's fine. But it's not fine if they want to access women's rape crisis centres or get their dick out in changing rooms on the back of it. And too many of them are demanding to do just that.

OP who hurt you?

I mean, I get it, my family criticised my outsize jumpers, my monkey boots and DMs, and my mum once said my face looked 'grumpy in repose'. Thinking about it, I had a stand-up row in my local dept. store in 1977 because I rejected the Ladybird cardigan she wanted to buy me had puff shoulders and was itchy skitchy.

Even now, my husband sings a Hornpipe when I wear my wide leg trousers. Bigot!

We all suffer, mate.

I read the first post and wondered whether it was written by a man who enjoys being shamed by women, looking for stimulation.

Maybe the titillation has worn off and a further hit is needed?

Or maybe it’s just the holidays and someone is bored again.

I suspect a mixture of both.

I'd completely forgotten about this thread. Cba rereading the whole thing to refresh my memory.

It is very sad that the Men's Dress Reform Party went out of existence with so much left to achieve.
https://www.joannabourke.com/post/male-beauty-the-male-dress-reform-party-in-interwar-britain

The Men’s Dress Reform Party (MDRP)

Reads like something Bertie Wooster would have been temporarily captivated by, only to be undermined by Jeeves and possibly an unwise choice of hat by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright.

Hostile? Did you RTFT? Most of it's about tasty food and hedgehogs in knee high socks.

No one gives a shit about you or what you wear - is that what's upsetting you?

Dress however the fuck you like.

I wear trousers all the time now.

doesn’t make me a man though

@trendysetter now you come to mention it, this is todays selection from my garden for dinner. Any suggestions welcome

New wank fodder needed.

Okay no takers with regards to recipes. I thought i might do some feta cheese patties with a spot of curry powder.

i have decided to dress as Madonna in the “holiday” vibe of her early works.

so i have a high top pony tail and a pointy bra, I have added some doc martins and cropped leggings.

DH is catching up on the horses in the lounge. He will. Be oblivious until dinner is served. I will report back later, as i think the leggings might be a bit of a challenge for him……..

Looking mighty fine there @Hedgehogforshort . (Although your hands are looking like hairy man hands, And let's not mention the boob area)

DH is catching up on the horses in the lounge. Very civilised of him.

First I thought of a joke, but actually that’s a really interesting read, thanks.

I thought the Beaumont Society (much in the news in the 1970's - for middle-aged cross-dressing men and their wives, whom they strongly resembled - 1970's fashion eh?).
But no! They are still out there - now branded for transgender people.
AFAIR they were one of the groups that lobbied Stonewall to be added to the LGB back in 2014.

MRA: You wanted access to our gentlemen's clubs etc., so why are you being hypocrites when we want access to your toilets etc.?

GC Feminist: Er, there's a teeny difference between

• spaces for men excluding women (had the vote for less than 100 years) from political networking and power brokering
• spaces for women excluding men (responsible for 98%+ of sexual assaults) from opportunities for predation?

MRA: You wanted to wear trousers etc., so why are you being hypocrites when we want to wear "chiffon", "lace" and "a full slip" (interesting choices, OP)?

GC Feminist: Er, there's a teeny difference between

• women (excluded from parts of the workforce for most of this century on the basis of their "femininity") wanting practical clothes which give them freedom of movement and aren't sexualised
• men (with a history of mocking women in drag and much higher tendency towards fetish) wanting pleasurable clothes which mimic women's oppression and are more sexualised

Or, in short...

MRA: I don't understand the difference between equality and equity or I'm pretending not to.

GC Feminist: Yeah, we didn't want to say it this directly, but your argument's a little... embarrassing?

Oh heck, have I derailed the derailing?

Quick, post something about hedgehogs and food...

It's not bloody sensitive, it's cute and feminist-themed! 🙄 The irony...

ETA: Ah, there she is. Appeared now.

I love your Tunnock’s eating hedgehog!

I keep seeing the thread title and assuming it’s a woman venting her frustration at the grubby and defiant looking men who are generally the most visible of the cross dressers. I invariably move away because they make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I’m incredibly fortunate never to have met one in an enclosed space.

Then I remember the OP and sigh, because this isn’t a thread for disgruntled women, but instead, it’s a man, moaning about us.

Fortunately, the vipers always make up for any disappointment!

I'm quite proud of her!

I had to use fewer pixels, though, because the few times I've actually created an AI image that's even close to being worthy of the standard set in the Bluestocking, I've not been able to upload it.

They all end up being well beyond the 6mb I'm apparently allowed. Is everyone limited like this?

Tips welcome...

Usually my Co Pilot AI images are about 2/3 mb at most. Occasionally when I've faffed I'll end up with a 6 mb plus file so I'll either screenshot it or crop a bit off the sides of the image to try to reduce the file size.

OK, thanks! Cropping is clever.

Yes, I tend to crop to reduce the size. Gemini routinely breached the limit when it was producing square images but now they're letterbox I don't usually have a problem.