Age Appropriate Hassles??

"The only thing worse than being viewed as a sexual object is NOT being viewed as a sex object." Amen to that Sisters.


I understand that most of us dressers want to just go out and get our errands done en femme in public and not get hassled. Of course. A lot of us want to be noticed by others though and in a good way. I appreciate making some heads turn, I really do. And cuz I'm partial to long blond hair I may get more looks. As far as dressing age appropriately I say that's a crock o'bull-crap. Dress how you feel and enjoy it. I do not agree with age appropriate dress codes and because I'm late 60s I should "dress like a spinster ****** marm?????" No way. I let the mirror tell me what it thinks (and my wife who always sez my skirts are too short to which I tell her I don't have any long skirts). As long as you toe the line of community standards and don't look obscene it is ok. Short skirts (I have a couple that are REALLY short) are gorgeous to me over pantyhose and I have noticed the guys like em and the cis-women hate em. Chuckle. And I don't think that makes me a chucklehead for saying so.

That brings me to acceptance. As I have read elsewhere, some feel that women are still second class citizens and men are bred to "maintain the patriarchy" (Good Lord) even today. I think that is also a crock O'you-know-what. Women are pretty well respected these days this is not 1835 anymore (well perhaps they could start dressing better though but so could men). Some say we crossdressers are frowned upon because women in general are frowned upon but frankly I don't see that here in Western Canada. I doubt it is much different in the UK, Deutschland or the good old USA. Toxic masculinity (Good Lord again) makes men want to harm crossdressers or at least shun them. Again I call bullcrap on that. It is just fun to look pretty and let's face it in our culture women are the attractive ones if they dress nicely. Men in a Tux or a nice suit look splendid but there sure ain't any colour and I love colours as do most girls en femme. Of course, I am speaking of general social conditions in public places. We all know there can be jerks out there to which I say to any woman or CD get yourself some self defense training it will never hurt. Until next time Cheers gentle ladies. BriannaLeah