A major factor that puts men off wearing skirts is the fear of ridicule. The skirt, along with the frock are such powerful female images in modern society, that to wear one risks being thought of as a cross dresser. Some people will also associate it with homosexuality, but I would argue that is probably more to do with confusion over homosexuality and cross dressing.The fundamental association is with femininity.
When a man wants to dress like a woman-whether it be a cross dresser, a drag artist, a transexual, or for fancy dress-he will wear a frock or a skirt. His hair may be long or short. He may wear make-up, jewelry or neither; but he will always wear a frock or a dress.
Women seem to be able to wear anything without judgement. They have subsumed the male wardrobe and adapted, trousers, suits, ties, even the DJ and made them look feminine.
Women seem to be able to wear anything without judgement. They have subsumed the male wardrobe and adapted, trousers, suits, ties, even the DJ and made them look feminine.Darren Fernandes wrote in his article Androgyny as an Abomination or Aphrodisiac for Notjustalabel; to consider fluidity in sexuality, it must be understood that, when women play with incomplete androgynous fashion to still attain an overall feminine look, androgyny is released from being an abomination and may actually be considered an aphrodisiac.
That is not to say that women can not also cross dress. The bottom three pictures are of lesbians from http://www.afterellen.com/people/2010/11/hide-seek-uncovers-lesbian-images-in-art
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