I believe this...whatever the pretensions to emancipation in the modern world humankind is still largely controlled by the evolved psychology of ancient times...i.e., men went out and strangled bears, chopped down trees, fought off predators (be they on two legs or four) etc. whereas women remained at home, raising the offspring and keeping house....expecting to be provided for.
In the minds of the testosterone-driven a higher value is placed on masculinity as compared to femininity..."man" being the perceived "sine qua non" of the whole arrangement.
Translating this to modern times, women are still "secretly" regarded as being, bluntly, the "weaker" sex; and therefore perhaps may be allowed their harmless little "eccentricities"...like aspiring to be men by way of (for example) their chosen mode of dress. But at least, according to the psychology I propose, they're trying to take a step "upward"...bless them, poor little darlings; they're merely women but they're trying to be something better...so that's OK then.
Yes, it's disgustingly patronizing isn't it? But I believe this is how many think even in today's world.
And then,
mutatis mutandis, for a man to distance himself from his "bless-ed" gender by assuming the attributes of...oh...a
woman??? Betraying his God-given superior masculinity by revealing, or indeed,
embracing feminity within himself? Surely this must point to
degeneration...a reversed evolutionary step...and we can't have that, can we now?
Yes, I know all this sounds hopelessly crude and ingenuous; I just happen to think that much of human psychology is in fact that simplistic; sometimes we beguile ourselves into depths that aren't actually there...
Just an opinion...much
Jacqueline.