already failing at Blog In June, i didn't post yesterday. i did, however, get into a fight about men wearing dresses & skirts, and how clothing shouldn't be gendered. sometimes. i am shocked and alarmed that there are intelligent educated people out there who genuinely take issue with men choosing to wear 'female' clothing. socialised notions of gender are bullshit. regardless of what gender one identifies as, who gives if you choose to wear a skirt, or a suit, or high heels? what has it got to do with your gender? or your sex? it's a skirt. it's an item of clothing that, rather than joining between the legs, does not join. it allows for freer walking, and some people, regardless of their gender, prefer them to the feeling of pants. personally, i like skirts, dresses and pants, and i don't feel that i feel this way due to the fact that i am a ciz-female. it's because i like skirts, dresses and pants, and societally, i have zero problems wearing any of them, due to the way ciz women are free to wear whatever they want without fear of persecution.
i read a fascinating article about how the gendering of female clothing is an excellent example of misogyny - how 'threatening' female clothing is to masculinity, because taking on a marker of female identity, for a male, is a far more challenging thing than for a woman to take on a marker of masculinity.
needless to say, i got pretty angry during the fight last night.
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