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I'm not even trans, but damn I want to wear women's clothes (hexbear.net)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ButtBidet@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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Clothes for dudes basically comes down to t-shirts and trousers. And for shirts, one's mostly limited to brands, bands, and sports teams. Or, even fucking worse, some pithy comment like "not married and happy", or "have drink, me good", or whatever the feck people find clever these days. I oftentimes default to the H&M look, as it's the least corny looking style I see, and that's not saying much.

Women's clothes have all these cute tops with no shit written on it. There's more variation in colours and shape. You can mix it up by having a half top (whatever you call those). Don't want to wear a top and trousers that day, then wear a dress or a skirt.

Obviously the huge advantage of being a guy is that you can be ugly af, indeed I am an ugly fecking dude, and you're accepted. I assume it's harder for women in this regard, let me know if I'm wrong.

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[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It's 35 degrees out. Corporate dress policy says long pants for men but women can wear skirts. At various points I've considered claiming to be non binary, claiming Scottish ancestry, and claiming some sort of made up religious belief so that I can wear shorts or a skirt to work.

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I might be fully wrong, but working in a "formal dress" environment, women seem to have a lot more flexibility. The trousers and shirts of some are so damn close to weekend wear. The men all have to wear ties and trousers. Fuck, I don't care. Definitely not complaining that it's unfair, I have enough real shit to grieve over.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The main downside for women is that some places still mandate or "strongly suggest" high heels, which is a travesty.

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Strongly agree. I wonder if it's the low end of the corporate world, because they're borderline torture.

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've seen enough senior exec level women still wear them so idk if it's just baked into their brains by the time they reach that level. Honestly there should be labor laws forbidding mandatory high heels for women.

[–] ButtBidet@hexbear.net 6 points 4 months ago

Possibly exec women need to wear them, I have zero knowledge about this. I just see that, in schools, teachers don't really wear heals, so that's my reference.

Gawd, if I was a woman, I'd only wear them for dinner party level shit if I could get away with it.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

There's more flexibility in the sense that there are more distinct pieces available, but that choice is still chained to the rigid inflexibility of women's beauty constraints.