Define Discrimination as it applies to cross dressing

[Mistress Frillee]

just curious

[Topaz]

The possiblity of being fired because a person crosses genders in prfered clothing. Being automatically considered "gay" because of the clothing a person wears. Being assaulted, or even killed, just because a person dresses in the clothing of a different gender. The nasty remarks, obscene jestures etc. just becaus a person wears the clothing of a different gender. Being considered unfit, to be a parent, teacher etc. Oh, yea and don't ya know that they are all some kind of perverted kid killing rapist, just because they prefer the clothing of a different gender.

If I think of more I'll get back to you. It's late, I need to go to bed.

Hugs,
Topaz

[CharleneCD]

Simple, having a separate uniform or dress policy for men and women. Policies must be equal for both sexes. Although they will find other reasons t5o fire you if they try hard enough. For safety document everything and keep records.

[sheiligh]

could never figure it out, girls can wear guys clothes, and nothing is hardly said about it but guy wers girls clothes we get the 3rd dgree!!!! somthings wrong with that picture isent it???? :confused:

[sheiligh]

typing not towell today been up all nite had to chaperone grad bash at high school where i teach so i'm not quite withit yet.....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!! :D

[Wendy me]

ok yes it dose and no it should not be so.....ok here's one of the problems that we have ......it took a long while and is going to take some more time to get over old habites and thoughts let alone the rest of the world.....

[Katie Ashe]

Define Discrimination as it applies to cross dressing...

Treating someone differently than expected, as a civilized person.

You look at the train tracks and tell me what a CD'er is...

Katie

[maryjanecapri]

this is a question that is both difficult and simple at the same time. it's difficult because the answers are so many and the answers are so few. it's simple because discrimination has been a part of our culture for so long - it's almost part of the human equation.

but i would say it boils down to the double standard mentioned above. women basically can wear whatever they want. men can not.

for women to look sexy and/or dress up they show as much skin as possible (even though many of them are very uncomfortable doing so). for men to dress up and/or look sexy (as defined by women) they must cover all skin but their faces and their hands (even though men would walk around naked if given the opportunity).

women for so long fought so hard to be treated as equals. they often forget how long it took them just to win the right to wear trousers. and now they expect men to go through the same persecution they did by saying how much it turns them off to see a man in a dress. and just why does it turn them off? probably the same reasons that seeing women in pants (so long ago) turned men off. but we got over that. how? saturation. eventually it simply became the norm to see women in pants.

and that's probably the only way we are going to find any acceptance - by being seen. and this doesn't mean by passing in public. the public needs to see "men in dresses" enough to water down the knee-jerk reactions.

but i digress (and ramble on). so i'll stop here. :D