I can't speak for the young, but I ink its getting better. No offense to Walmart, but a certain segment of their target market are less educated, less worldly and less open minded than you might encounter in other venues. This evening, for example, I went to dinner en femme at Panera in a north Texas city not known to be particularly progressive. I had a very pleasant meal, was treated courteously by the staff and generated no apparent interest or concern among the many other patrons.
I'd love to be a twenty something, but then being a forty something sounds pretty good too.
As for incorporating feminine items , hair style, color etc, of course younger people are more tolerant than older ones. Remember the styles that were popular in the late 70s? A lot of the punk styles were pretty androgynous...and befor that the glitter rock phase?
