I would have posted this in my regular places of Facebook, but I already frighten people away with my war on institutionalized racism, not to mention the usual lack of open-minded individuals...i.e. if I start pointing out this gender double standard, homophobes, many if not all my loved ones, would be more focused on why I'm pointing this out(I haven't told anyone about my love for crossdressing) as opposed to the double standard itself.
There is this otherwise great Campbell Soup commercial featuring a child in a Spider-Man costume doing the usual child antics with imagination, which ends with the child pulling off the mask to reveal a girl underneath. A quick scan of the Internet, as well as the YouTube comments, showcased unlimited support...the girl was breaking down gender barriers(although there are actual female counterparts to Spider-Man to begin with, for one thing), all the usual pats on the back, nothing about perversion or anything.
It just annoyed me. A woman putting on male clothes is not exactly breaking down gender barriers. But what if the commercial had a young boy wanting to be Elsa(FROZEN) or even Emma Swan(ONCE UPON A TIME)? That is the commericial I would want to see, and if anyone in the mainstream would come forth and say he is breaking down gender barriers.
To showcase the hypocrisy even more, YOUTUBE had a commericial with a young man who dressed in women's clothing at the end of it. The cool thing about this is that there is really no context: he could have been a crossdresser, androgynous, going to a costume party, transgendered, etc. Yet, the comments were vastly different, with people whining about "oh, they are pushing this on me". What a load of garbage.