Kicking at a dead horse

[ReineD]

First, I do appreciate that you've started a separate thread for this, rather than engage in the philosophy of gender specific clothing in threads from new SOs in Loved Ones. Thank you.

Second, theoretically your point is valid. How could it not be? However, if you take some time to think about why in the history of humanity and in virtually all cultures, mankind has conspired to maintain gender specific clothing, you might get an answer. The psychology of it goes much deeper than you may think and it does go back thousands of years. You should go to a research library, look up a few papers with differing outlooks (there must be scads of research done on the topic already), and report your findings here.

Last, I think it was Kaz who mentioned going to a lot of fashion shows because her daughter is a designer, and she noticed that most of the designers have already or are now introducing man skirts to their lines. I can see them becoming increasingly more popular in some sections of society more than others, but I'll bet my bottom dollar that if ever these skirts do become part of the mainstream, people will still find ways to let the industry know they prefer the man skirts to look different and more masculine than the girl skirts. So, any guy wearing a girl skirt will still be seen as crossdressing.

In terms of describing gender specific clothing at various times, yes it's true that centuries ago in the nobility class for example, male clothing was much more elaborate and feminine looking compared to today's standards. But still, even then, the CDers of the time would not have wanted to dress like that and would have preferred wearing what the women were wearing then. It's all relative.

Generally speaking, boys want to look like boys and girls want to look like girls. I don't think it's any more complicated than that and this is why the notion of gender specific clothing has survived throughout time and across cultures.