Unfortunately it's all about the social hierarchy within our society. When a woman dresses in a way that is percived to be towards the masculine it's not considered a problem because she's going up the scale. However, when a man dresses in a way that is percived to be towards the feminine it is a problem because (especially amongst other men) he's lowering himself because in their eyes dressing feminine is being less of a man, and being less of a man is considered a bad thing.
Now, obviously I'm generalising about the public at large, and not everyone thinks this way, but IMHO the only way we will ever be truely accepted is when women get a higher status in society than men. Why hasn't there ever been a female US President? Where's all the female military Generals? Am I making any sense here?
As far as women "hiding their femininity"....I don't get it, a woman still looks very womanly to me no matter what she's wearing....in fact, I think she looks her most "womanly" when naked
I'll get off my soap box now
