Since meeting my girl friend and filling her in on my hobby , I have noticed things that I already knew but in a larger scale now.
There was a thread posted here that I asked her to read , it went on about how women can go out dressed in jeans and a t-shirt without notice.
My S.O. is a female version of myself, she enjoys wearing clothing targeted for men. She has expressed to me that she feels uncomfortable in a dress, make-up and would never wear nylons. She does shave her leggs but not as often as most women( don't get me wrong they are not hairy either).
She enjoys wearing boxers from time to time even sleeping in them. So lets compare.
If she goes out just as I mentioned Jeans , boots, T-shirt and boxers under the jeans with no make up on and hair pulled up ( she has long beautiful hair ). No one bats an eye at her, trust me I have been out with her when she is in full DRAB and she does it daily.
Now me ( and I never have ) if I was to go out dressed as her counterpart, I would be laughed at, poked at, asked to leave , or even beat up.
By the way after she read that thread she told me she totally understood and it was very unfair..