"However, it is necessary to accept that there are tens of thousands of people in this country—perhaps millions — who want to express both a masculine and a feminine side — and many, many of those people are heterosexual."
That's such a goddamn good quote, its from Chapter 2. I would describe myself as a cishet man, and have never had much interest in drag, but sometimes I want to wear a dress. I look at women wearing dresses and I'm like, "damn, they look great in that, why are they for women only?". I'd like to be able to express my feminine side like that - although I don't know if it should even be described as feminine. I want to wear something that has been arbitrarily relegated to women. Does that make jeans masculine? Were the second-wave feminists who broke gender norms by wearing them expressing their masculinity or simply wearing something they liked?
This book is very good, its given me a lot to think about. Need to keep reading
"However, it is necessary to accept that there are tens of thousands of people in this country—perhaps millions — who want to express both a masculine and a feminine side — and many, many of those people are heterosexual."
That's such a goddamn good quote, its from Chapter 2. I would describe myself as a cishet man, and have never had much interest in drag, but sometimes I want to wear a dress. I look at women wearing dresses and I'm like, "damn, they look great in that, why are they for women only?". I'd like to be able to express my feminine side like that - although I don't know if it should even be described as feminine. I want to wear something that has been arbitrarily relegated to women. Does that make jeans masculine? Were the second-wave feminists who broke gender norms by wearing them expressing their masculinity or simply wearing something they liked?
This book is very good, its given me a lot to think about. Need to keep reading