will the day come when boy can dress as girls

[surfergirl17]

any thoughts on if oneday men will be able to dress as women and not be looked at oddly...

[Tina B.]

Some day it may be more exceptable, but I am sure there will always be those that will look down there nose at what they can't understand.
Tina B.

[Kathryn Philips]

I don't actually think I would like that to happen. I want to dress and look like a real woman myself but I also most men to continue to dress in men's clothes exclusively.

[tightsgirl]

I think as time passes that fashion may become more androgenous as articles of clothing will pass across the gender line. Although it will state it is mens clothing a skirt is still a skirt. All it will take is for it to become a fad.

[Ranee Daze]

How many of us find that a big part of the allure of crossdressing in public is the outrageousness of it all, the danger of getting caught, the sheer riot that is to be had by confronting convention and pulling it off. Things are just fine the way they are, for me at least.

[trannie T]

I agree with Ranee Daze, part of the fun of crossdressing is in getting away with something not really accepted by many people.

[surfergirl17]

i do agree with that but it would be great to be able to dress and hang out with GG

[charles1]

i dream every night that i could dress as a girl and lay next to my wife and be herlover and girlfriend

[marie354]

Women faught for their right to be able to wear pants and now we are fighting for right to be able to wear dresses.

All good things come to those who wait. (I hope.)

[Mistybtm]

that would be awsome can't wait for the day.
mistybtm

[CrossdressinGoth]

one thing I find funny is back in the 1700-1800's men wore tights and shoes with somewhat of a heel on them all the time. had makeup on as well and it was completely apart of what is the culture. sadly somewhere over the times its ventured to what woman wear now and not accepted for men to do. funny how history changes like that over the course. I did read in an article that for fashion statements, the new "in thing" for men is actually going to be leggings now so its somewhat of a start to transtion back over

[CaptLex]

back in the 1700-1800's men wore tights and shoes with somewhat of a heel on them all the time. had makeup on as well and it was completely apart of what is the culture. sadly somewhere over the times its ventured to what woman wear now and not accepted for men to do. funny how history changes like that over the course.
There was a time when respectable women couldn't wear makeup either and women who did were considered promiscuous or prostitutes. Eventually that changed too and now women who wear it are not labeled hookers. So things may continue to evolve to include everyone someday. Here's hoping. :happy:

[TheGirlNextDoor]

How many of us find that a big part of the allure of crossdressing in public is the outrageousness of it all, the danger of getting caught, the sheer riot that is to be had by confronting convention and pulling it off. Things are just fine the way they are, for me at least.

Right on girlfriend!!! the thought of being caught gives an incredible rush that is truely one of a kind... In fact now that I think about it I'm going to wear my girly socks to Fred Meyer, Cover me! :lol2:

[Wendrme]

I have always thought that all men should be required to dress as women for two weeks a year. Men would and should be able to experience what a woman goes thru and what she feels. If after the two weeks the man wants to continue dressing that would be no problem. If he does not then fine also, until the next year when he has to do it again.

I think the world would be a much better place if such a practice was mandatory.

[steffiwantabe]

i would love to be able to wear anything a GG can wear & not get looked down upon.

[noname]

i would love to be able to wear anything a GG can wear & not get looked down upon.

No doubt. It's so very very wrong of people to do that.

[kerrianna]

any thoughts on if oneday men will be able to dress as women and not be looked at oddly...

YUP!

Don't know if I'll be around to see it.

I think if humans are to survive we're going to have to get past a lot of the stuff we've been doing wrong for a long time. Tolerance and freedom will be part of the new age that had better be coming...and if it isn't, well this might be a moot point then.

I think we may be on the cutting edge of a global social awakening, particularily if we can keep the connections we make via technology open. In all areas of life technology is allowing people to connect regardless of geographical location, and we're spreading ideas and talking amongst ourselves even if governments and power centres are monitoring us. That's why the Chinese government is working so hard at restricting internet access (and failing by recent accounts I've heard). We're going around social conventions and making a world that works for us. To me, it's really a question of whether we have enough time to make it work.

And it is interesting to look at how men not only dressed, but behaved (at least in the aristocracy) for centuries in western society. Much more flamboyant and feminine for the most part.

Ok, school's out....off you girls go. Don't get your dresses muddy. :p

[Colleentg]

I think as time goes on, it will become more a 'fad'. There are things that are becoming quite standard and not seen as a CD thing. Do I have to note them now? I continue...I used to work for a carnival and so often I saw boys and men wearing pink t-shirts with captions like "it takes a real man to wear pink" or "don't laugh, my other (or white) t-shirts are in the laundry" Just wearing them makes a statement, even a little. Do people make a bigger scene about young guys wearing fishnets with their 'goth' apparel?

[Kate Simmons]

Er-um--I do this now. I dress any way I want and do hang out with GG's as I have many GG friends. No big deal really. The "rush" I've been getting lately has been dressing and "passing" as Rich, although I don't expect too many here to understand that. The point is I've been pretty much accepted as my femme self, so my friends have now been getting used to my guy side lately. This has been mostly to prove the point that I'm the same person either way. In any case, it's come to where I'm comfortable and accepted either way.;) :battingeyelashes:

[Wendi0012]

Happens every day!!!!!!!:tongueout

[Tamera]

In general its kind of happening now. Some areas of the US and the world are more acceptable than others. Eventually it will happen as peoples view on life is not so narrow minded.
Love,
Tamera

[Nigella]

You CAN dress in what you like, no one can stop you, you live in a free world, or mostly do. A number of "gurls" here dress 24/7, or regularly go out "en-femme". They have got over the fear factor, the "what ifs" and got on with it.

Aint it about time some of you tried it, the longer you live behind closed doors, the longer it will take for "society" to accept you.

It is about time some of you "gurls" either "put up" or "shut up".

[Marla S]

any thoughts on if oneday men will be able to dress as women and not be looked at oddly...
No. Very unlikely to happen.
Things like this never happened (Not that I know of)
Two problems.
1.) A minority will always be seen something/somehow "odd" by the majority.
2.) Doing something as was never really appreciated.

[youngn'curious]

I am sure the day will come, and hopefully it will. soon people will realize how fun it can be, until than we can keep the fun for ourselves

[hotbobbie]

We are getting very close.There will always be those that will not like it but then there are some people that still think women should not wear pants.

[Amy Hepker]

There is a possiblity, but I dought it will be anytime soon.

[Marcie Sexton]

It would be really nice to see it, but not in my life time:2c: ...can always wish though...:happy:

[Sharon]

If men and women ever begin to wear the same clothing, I'm afraid that it is most likely that everyone will be wearing something like a Mao suit. No thanks.

[Jamsey]

Occasionally, every couple of years, an Italian or French designer, or some other temporarily deranged designer, (that according to the press at the time) will come out with skirts for men. I remember one time back in the 70's when a famous designer had a line, can't remember his name. But the networks and news outlets had stories and pictures. The models actually looked pretty good in them even though they kept their masculine walk. But, alas, the fashion did not take hold.

Jamsey.

[TxKimberly]

No question it will come some day. Women wearing pants would have been unthinkable only a couple of hundred years ago. No question in my mind we are headed for a gender nuetral society in the next couple of hundred years. The bad news is, what fun will cross dressing be then?! LOL
Kim

[marie354]

Excerpt from "Lola" by The Kinks...

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls
Its a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola
La-la-la-la Lola

Well I left home just a week before
And Id never ever kissed a woman before
But Lola smiled and took me by the hand
And said dear boy Im gonna make you a man

Well Im not the worlds most masculine man
But I know what I am and Im glad Im a man
And so is Lola

[linnea]

Although I don't think that a grand-scale change in attitudes and behavior related to crossdressing will come any time soon, I do think that there have been incremental changes. This forum represents one of them: when I began crossdressing, there was virtually no where to go to connect with other crossdressers. As a matter of fact, I believed that I was alone. Later, as I grew to understand more about human nature, I began to speculate that I couldn't possibly be the only one. But I still had little way to learn or gain understanding about from my own reflections.
Still later, I discovered books and other publications that helped me find support, if only some self-confidence based on the realization that there were, indeed, others who crossdressed.
In the meantime, more publications, more open discussions, etc. ensued. These changes have been great.
Nonetheless, a "global" change is still a long way off. A recent posting on "underwear" stands as an example of the enduring attitudes that block progress toward acceptance of crossdressing in contemporary American culture. That thread focused on the stigma imposed on men who buy women's underwear. Most crossdressers have probably felt this at some time or another, and most of us have probably observed that similar stigma are not present when women buy men's underwear. It is just one small example of the social-cultural conditions in which we live, but it does play an enduring role in the "acceptance" arena.

[scarletppn]

I recently read that several manufactures were going to pantyhose for men and anticipate that there is a large market awaiting for them.
As far as dressing as a girl, when I'm outside the house in the yard, I often wear a "kilt" like dress. Mostly semishort, 18 to 20", and pleated somewhat like a school girl skirt. It's close enough to a kilt that if I were suprised by an unexpected visitor, I would have a good alibi. If the visitor were a stranger I wouldn't care what they thought or what I was wearing. However, for close friends I am still not out.

[Joni Beauman]

I think more likely that, if anything, cding could become more accepted as a minority group. But would remain a minority group. This may mean acceptance in some communities of open crossdressing (already true) but I suspect tolerance throughout the U.S. would be patchy. Joni

[Wendi0012]

The Day Is Already Here

[JoAnnDallas]

Being in the medical industry, I try and keep a eye out for articles that may affect us. One such article mentioned that do to the high state of hormonal chemicals in ground water, food, and etc. That more men will develope breast tissue like women, more fem body shape, and men and womens brains will become more and more similar.
I can see in a hundred years both men and women will look the same. Both will have breasts, larger hips, softer voices, and be more emotional.

[Byllie]

Would I want to see the day when anyone could dress as they wish? Of course! Within taste, that is. :p

That said, what's the issue that's prohibiting this change? When women began to dress in pants, jeans, and such, they were seen as dressing up. That is, they were seen as dressing in a "stronger" more "powerful" mode. When men dress en femme, they are seen as relinquishing this control, this power

Now, do I believe that men are the dominate sex? No way! I see women and men as equals ... period.

But clothing is symbolic. It says something about the person. If a man constantly wears pink "mens" clothing, what label would you apply to him? Or if a woman always wore jeans and leather jackets, then what?

See? We stereotype individuals because of what they wear, not necessary how they behave (though dress is a part of behavior).

IMHO, in order for women and men to dress as they wish, with no reprocussions, we will need to lose this connection between dress and labels relating to power of position. Good Luck!

[SANDRA MICHELLE]

"our day will come" these would be good words for a song!
I don't think it will happen in my lifetime but in my next one when I come back as sandra it may happen.

[JoAnnDallas]

Ah I found the reference to the article I was reading. It said that both male and female will

1. Men will have breasts (B,C,D cups)
2. Men will have larger hips
3. Men will have softer voices
4. Men will be more emotional
5. Women will be over 6' tall.
6. Women will be more masculain looking
7. Women may have more facial hair
8. Clothing styles will merge to fit both male and females.
9. The only distenction between sexes will be females will give birth, males will not. Outward appearances will be the same.

[Lovely Rita]

I think things are changing and maybe someday. Let's see

[noname]

Ah I found the reference to the article I was reading. It said that both male and female will

1. Men will have breasts (B,C,D cups)
2. Men will have larger hips
3. Men will have softer voices
4. Men will be more emotional
5. Women will be over 6' tall.
6. Women will be more masculain looking
7. Women may have more facial hair
8. Clothing styles will merge to fit both male and females.
9. The only distenction between sexes will be females will give birth, males will not. Outward appearances will be the same.

Just wondering, did you read the article that humans will soon separate into two species? One would be short and squat like and the other would be tall lean with silky hair. Yeah I know it sounds crazy, but sometimes crazy things are true.

Ah found the article

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6057734.stm

[Vicky_Scot]

Will the day come when boys can dress as girls?

We are all free to dress as girls today.

Will the day come when society will accept boys dressing as girls?

No IMO, that day will never arrive.

[susie evans]

:heehee: what do you mean a lot of us dress the way we want now :heehee: that's why we enjoy the best of two worlds

susie

[janedoe311]

What is “dressing like a girl”?

Putting on a skirt only?
Underwear only?
Wearing a skirt and blouse, no attempt to try to pass as a women.

Trying to pass by wearing a wig, dress, nails, corset, makeup etc.

Not caring whether you pass with the preceding, but “pretending”?

Wearing a dress or skirt or completely fixed up with a beard?

Skirts made for men? (These are not women’s skirts in men’s sizes but skirts in masculine patterns and colors.)

I feel that some of us have to get “all fixed up” because you cannot get away with just wearing a skirt in public. So you have to go all the way.

I doubt that it will ever be acceptable. The problem is that it is perfectly OK for a woman to wear mans pants and a mans shirt out in public. But if a man puts on a skirt he will be an outcast. (A women was quoted in TV that men should be banned from wearing kilts except in special occasions because their legs are ugly”)

Even kilts are stared at and I have heard of men in kilts being refused service in restaurants. I have seen signs on door “Men, no pants no service”. It was at beaches they did not want people just in swim suits.

What really is “dressing like a girl”? Wearing women’s clothes, I do not think they are the same thing.

I am wondering about this. I would because I do not like being confined in pants. I like the colors of women’s clothes and the materials.

How many would just wear skirts and or blouses every day (or just about) if you could? How about a mens skirt? No make up no wig etc.

Would that be nice?

To tell you the truth it seems that most women are not wearing “women’s clothes” they are wearing pants. (Granted pants made for women.) So if women are not wearing women’s clothes why cannot men?

[DawnL]

I guess the key words here are "and not be looked at oddly" I was explaining to my wife that if she were to go to the mail box on the street in a plaid "man's" robe no-one would blink an eye. If I were to go in the silky flowing robe I have the entire neighborhood would be talking for weeks. Not fair, maybe, but If it were that easy where would the excitement be?

Dawn

[btmgrl6]

I guess it's just a matter of when YOU decide it's acceptable. i am enfemme 24/7 there will always be those who snicker,or name call..no matter what the reason....And there are those who do accept,and those who really don't care one way or another. If you are waiting for some magic spell that makes everyone accept a man in female clothing....Don't hold your breath. Get out there....Some will and some won't accept, just as any other thing in life.
I accept myself......and it wasn't always so.

Steph

OUCH! who pushed me off my soap box?

[Lisa Golightly]

Everything changes.