When we talk about androgynous fashion, we usually mean female-presenting people in outfits that incorporate or echo menswear. One seldom sees male-presenting people doing the same with womenswear, at least in the mainstream.
I think some of that must be a side effect of the privileging of traits, roles, and characteristics associated with masculinity over those associated with femininity—a woman in masculine-associated roles or clothing is moving in the direction of higher status and increased social privilege, at least implicitly; a man in feminine-associated roles or clothing, lower. We associate women in menswear with freedom and assertion; men in womenswear with deviation, grotesquerie, and parody.
How fucked up is that?
Good commentary, and FUCKING EXCELLENT OUTFIT.
PREACH.
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those pesky double standards
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Well if you don’t think that this man is absolutely dashing then you can piss right off. Damn double standards.
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I absolutely love this picture. it’s so great on so many levels.
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Also, this dude is super hot.
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Androgyny goes both ways. Or should. But society can be brutal on men who want to be femme. The loathing of the female...
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I definitely agree with this. As a cis white woman, I haven’t personally had to deal with any of this, but many of my...
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