After WWII many woman began challenging social convention by wearing pants. Society thought they were trying to act like men and this activity was discouraged. Still the girls continued to wear pants. Eventually society began to accept this and the girls were no longer seen as trying to act like men. So today girls can wear pants because they earned the right.

However, there has never been anything similar on the men’s side. In the late 60’s-70’s men learned that they could wear their hair longer, or even wear jewelry. But men never challenged social convention to the extent of wearing skirts and dresses. That remains the unhealthy image of boys trying to be girls.

Society depends on young people to challenge social convention. They need brave young men who are unbroken by teasing, Only by surviving through the hard times will this frontier of social convention be expanded to allow boys to wear skirts, dresses, nail-polish, and other “feminine” items. Society needs to learn that boys can enjoy wearing these things without trying to become girls.

As times change, what is in “fashion” changes. Clothes are really gender neutral, but society tries to attach labels to everything, and thus clothes become “male” and “female” oriented.

Unfortunately now we live in a time where the persecution of people who are “different” from the norm is commonplace, and people jump to conclusions based on how people dress. This is exacerbated by the high instances of religious based homophobia.

As time goes on, what men wear and what women wear will change once again. But we often forget we were ALL born into this world naked, not with clothes on.

how can you call someone *** for wearing a dress? do you wear pants? women didn’t start wearing pants until the 19 or 20th century. What about short hair, that’s for men too. So i guess you don’t wear pants or have short hair because then you would be a ****. Right?