Ginger_Fi
07-09-2006, 11:58 AM
---Greetings all. It's nice to see a corner of the board set aside for the TG community. I have great hopes that this forum will succeed where others have failed... by keeping the conversations on the intellectual side, instead of the fetish side.
---I have been bogging for quite awhile and would like to post some of them for you all to read. I feel rather strongly about many of these topics, and am open for any feedback you might have on my topics.
---So without further ado, allow me to fire the first shot across the bow of our new forum.
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Discrimination against males?? You bet!
---Sexual discrimination has always been a hot topic. Through the years there have always news stories about sexual discrimination in the workplace, in sports, in the military, or anywhere that men and women compete on the same playing field. From women's involvement within the abolition movements, women became aware of the male dominance and oppression. From then on women struggled for equality. But doesn't one ask, don't we leave in an age of enlightenment? Is it not against the law to discriminate against someone due to their sex? Shouldn't there be one set of laws that apply to men and women both? The answers should be yes, but from a male’s point of view, that's not the case at all.
---We still live in the dark ages, where preconceived notions that have ruled our society for centuries, endure to this day. Oddly enough though, those notions only apply to men. Women's rights have undergone several large revolutions over the last few decades. What was expected of a woman 50 years ago is not at all what is expected of her today.
---On the other hand, men's rights haven't changed much at all. The gender roles for a woman have changed, but those for a man have not. A person's gender role is composed of several elements and can be expressed through clothing, behaviour, choice of work, personal relationships and other factors. Gender roles were traditionally divided into strictly feminine and masculine gender roles.
---I am going to point out how women get free passes by society, that men don't have the option to have. The topic?? Clothes...
---In most parts of the world it is still generally considered taboo for a man to wear clothes traditionally associated with women. Many people perceive this as hypocrisy and an imbalance in the equality of men and women in society and believe that men should not have to suffer discrimination for wanting to wear dresses or skirts. This issue is often labeled as "equal clothing rights," which has gained a significant movement around the world.
---At what point in modern society was it made proper for a woman to throw away the skirt, and start wearing pants? Although pants for women did not become fashion items until the later 20th century, women began wearing men's trousers for outdoor work a hundred years earlier. In the 1960s, André Courrèges introduced long trousers for women as a fashion item, leading to the era of the pantsuit and designer jeans and the gradual eroding of the prohibitions against girls and women wearing trousers in schools, the workplace, and fine restaurants. Many of the idioms of women's society were seen as a form of oppression that men had bestowed upon them. Remember for instance the bra burning rallies of the 60's? So out of the chains and shackles they came, into a new age of female enlightenment. No small part of this new age is the clothes they now have the right to wear.
---Women are allowed to wear clothes of both sexes without anyone even raising an eyebrow. Now it's common to see women in men's clothes. A woman might wear men's shirts, trousers, and underwear without anyone recognizing that she is cross-dressing, as very similar clothing items are produced for women. If a man tried to do the same thing, more than an eyebrow would be raised. The funny thing is, no one thinks about it, why is that? Why is it in our society that it is OK for women to portray a masculine image, but men are discouraged from displaying any sort of feminine qualities?
---As an example one of my managers walked by my work area the other day, and she was wearing a very male pant business suit, complete with tie. Was anyone giving her odd looks? Hardly! It was perfectly accepted by everyone around that she was allowed to wear that outfit, to work. Also I recently saw a Hanes men’s underwear commercial where the gist of the commercial was that the wife was laying around in his briefs and t-shirt, reminiscing of him while he was away.
---Now lets reverse those two situations. Say one of my male managers walked by my work area in a sharp women’s business suit complete with skirt and heels. Would he be getting odd looks? Most likely he would asked to leave the building, and maybe even wrote up. Or have you ever seen a Bali commercial where the husband was laying around in his wives bra and panties, dreaming about her while she was gone? Uh no, I don't think so. Can you imagine the outrage from the public if something like that ever showed?
---Now you tell me, what's the difference in those two scenarios? Just the gender of the person involved! Why is there a double standard? Why are women allowed to do things men aren't? Or if we do, we're looked at as a sexual deviant or pervert.
---It's time that men fight for their rights, fight for the choice of what clothes they would like to wear. What a wonderful concept.... Equal clothing rights. The very principle the US of A was founded on, but yet does not exist at its most basic components. I guess America is not quite as free as we all thought it to be.
---My personal goal is to bring manicured nails into the mainstream of male society. I have recently worn French tip nails out on normal town excursions. I have yet hear a negative comment from anyone that has noticed. I now plan on getting manicures done professionally and wearing my nails out loud and proud 24/7. Nothing to flamboyant to start with, but enough that people can notice.
--- It's not that hard guys, give me a hand and bring men new rights in the 21st century. Perhaps someday we can wear a wedding dress to our own wedding, and no one will be shocked. We all have goals to shoot for.
---I have been bogging for quite awhile and would like to post some of them for you all to read. I feel rather strongly about many of these topics, and am open for any feedback you might have on my topics.
---So without further ado, allow me to fire the first shot across the bow of our new forum.
===============================================
Discrimination against males?? You bet!
---Sexual discrimination has always been a hot topic. Through the years there have always news stories about sexual discrimination in the workplace, in sports, in the military, or anywhere that men and women compete on the same playing field. From women's involvement within the abolition movements, women became aware of the male dominance and oppression. From then on women struggled for equality. But doesn't one ask, don't we leave in an age of enlightenment? Is it not against the law to discriminate against someone due to their sex? Shouldn't there be one set of laws that apply to men and women both? The answers should be yes, but from a male’s point of view, that's not the case at all.
---We still live in the dark ages, where preconceived notions that have ruled our society for centuries, endure to this day. Oddly enough though, those notions only apply to men. Women's rights have undergone several large revolutions over the last few decades. What was expected of a woman 50 years ago is not at all what is expected of her today.
---On the other hand, men's rights haven't changed much at all. The gender roles for a woman have changed, but those for a man have not. A person's gender role is composed of several elements and can be expressed through clothing, behaviour, choice of work, personal relationships and other factors. Gender roles were traditionally divided into strictly feminine and masculine gender roles.
---I am going to point out how women get free passes by society, that men don't have the option to have. The topic?? Clothes...
---In most parts of the world it is still generally considered taboo for a man to wear clothes traditionally associated with women. Many people perceive this as hypocrisy and an imbalance in the equality of men and women in society and believe that men should not have to suffer discrimination for wanting to wear dresses or skirts. This issue is often labeled as "equal clothing rights," which has gained a significant movement around the world.
---At what point in modern society was it made proper for a woman to throw away the skirt, and start wearing pants? Although pants for women did not become fashion items until the later 20th century, women began wearing men's trousers for outdoor work a hundred years earlier. In the 1960s, André Courrèges introduced long trousers for women as a fashion item, leading to the era of the pantsuit and designer jeans and the gradual eroding of the prohibitions against girls and women wearing trousers in schools, the workplace, and fine restaurants. Many of the idioms of women's society were seen as a form of oppression that men had bestowed upon them. Remember for instance the bra burning rallies of the 60's? So out of the chains and shackles they came, into a new age of female enlightenment. No small part of this new age is the clothes they now have the right to wear.
---Women are allowed to wear clothes of both sexes without anyone even raising an eyebrow. Now it's common to see women in men's clothes. A woman might wear men's shirts, trousers, and underwear without anyone recognizing that she is cross-dressing, as very similar clothing items are produced for women. If a man tried to do the same thing, more than an eyebrow would be raised. The funny thing is, no one thinks about it, why is that? Why is it in our society that it is OK for women to portray a masculine image, but men are discouraged from displaying any sort of feminine qualities?
---As an example one of my managers walked by my work area the other day, and she was wearing a very male pant business suit, complete with tie. Was anyone giving her odd looks? Hardly! It was perfectly accepted by everyone around that she was allowed to wear that outfit, to work. Also I recently saw a Hanes men’s underwear commercial where the gist of the commercial was that the wife was laying around in his briefs and t-shirt, reminiscing of him while he was away.
---Now lets reverse those two situations. Say one of my male managers walked by my work area in a sharp women’s business suit complete with skirt and heels. Would he be getting odd looks? Most likely he would asked to leave the building, and maybe even wrote up. Or have you ever seen a Bali commercial where the husband was laying around in his wives bra and panties, dreaming about her while she was gone? Uh no, I don't think so. Can you imagine the outrage from the public if something like that ever showed?
---Now you tell me, what's the difference in those two scenarios? Just the gender of the person involved! Why is there a double standard? Why are women allowed to do things men aren't? Or if we do, we're looked at as a sexual deviant or pervert.
---It's time that men fight for their rights, fight for the choice of what clothes they would like to wear. What a wonderful concept.... Equal clothing rights. The very principle the US of A was founded on, but yet does not exist at its most basic components. I guess America is not quite as free as we all thought it to be.
---My personal goal is to bring manicured nails into the mainstream of male society. I have recently worn French tip nails out on normal town excursions. I have yet hear a negative comment from anyone that has noticed. I now plan on getting manicures done professionally and wearing my nails out loud and proud 24/7. Nothing to flamboyant to start with, but enough that people can notice.
--- It's not that hard guys, give me a hand and bring men new rights in the 21st century. Perhaps someday we can wear a wedding dress to our own wedding, and no one will be shocked. We all have goals to shoot for.