At a party last night (crossdressers and friends thereof), I caught part of a conversation. The host was remarking to one of the GG guests that the host had not often seen the guest in a dress; she was wearing one yesterday evening. The GG (a lovely young black woman apparently from northern Africa), replied that when she was young, her family had often made her wear a dress even though she didn't want to, and that now that she was in Canada and had a choice about what to wear, she usually preferred not to wear a dress.
(I hadn't met her before, so I don't know what her more usual attire is: jeans like the friend she was with seems most plausible.)
Yes, I am one of the people who enjoys seeing dresses and skirts on women, and Yes, I do have some share of the disappointment that several people have expressed that relatively few women are opting for such clothing these days -- but hearing of circumstances like this helps keep fresh in one's mind why freedom of expression in clothing is important.