History Main / MenSwearGhetto

* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' notably suffer from this trope. While male and female characters have access to a roughly equal number of articles of clothing, males are mostly restricted to {{Palette Swap}}s of a handful of patterns for each type of clothing (i.e. shirts, pants, etc.), in contrast to the diverse pool of options available to female characters.

** A similar thing happens in ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim.'' Though, thanks to the modding community, additional armors for females vastly outnumber unisex or male custom armors, especially when it comes to [[Fanservice "armors" that can be described as "sexy."]]

* ''Videogame/AnimalCrossingNewLeaf'' averts this problem by making most of its in-game clothing unisex. What gendered clothing they do have [[WholesomeCrossdresser can be worn by either gender]], and villagers don't seem to mind it.

* This used to be in effect on ''{{Subeta}}'', until the artists heard complaints about it and took action. Fortunately, their clothing has always been unisex.

* ''{{Pangya}}'' will sometimes go months before adding outfits for males while the girls can get new outfits nearly every two weeks.
* ''Second Life'' falls victim to this, despite the fact that there are many male characters, as the ingame clothing economy is tailored largely towards females; probably because they generally spend more energy and money finding clothes. This is especially noticable when new male players are trying to find 'freebies'.

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' plays this straight, but gets around it: For every skirt (which can only be crafted by girl characters), there is a corresponding kilt (which can only be crafted by boys). Any given skirt/kilt combo will have the same stats as each other and the corresponding unisex pants.

* In ''MagiciansQuestMysteriousTimes,'' there's a whole sub-type of clothing dedicated to skirts, but no shorts. Also, the vast majority of the "long clothes"-style outfits are dresses. However, male characters can [[WholesomeCrossdresser still wear anything.]]

** And while there are a few items that only drop for/can only be crafted by one gender, once they enter the game world they can be ''worn'' by anyone. There's [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Vinyl_boots one item]] that penalizes males for wearing it, though.

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' plays this straight, but gets around it: For every skirt (which only drop for girl characters), there is a corresponding kilt (which only drop for boys). Any given skirt/kilt combo will have the same stats as each other and the corresponding unisex pants.

** Similarily, ''TheElderScrolls: Oblivion'' gets around this problem by having clothes that transform depending on what gender the wearer is, which means that most clothing for the lower body slot shows up as pants on a man but a skirt on a woman. And since any NPC's clothes are items that can be taken from them if they're killed, it's entirely possible for you to kill a random townswoman ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential and don't say you haven't]]), steal her skirt, and put it on as pants. Don't ask how that works.

* Most of the members are female or [[{{Crossplayer}} crossplayers]].

* Men simply don't have as many clothing options as women, not being able to wear skirts without allegations of transvestism.

It can be very restricting if this is a website where male avatar bases can't wear female clothing.

* Averted in ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'': given a high enough Bravery stat, ''any'' character can wear ''anything''. GameplayAndStorySegregation, however, prevents hilarity from ensuing.
* One book to learn Chinese teaches them the word "Unfair" with a picture of of the menswear department next to womenswear.
* Averted with ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', in which anyone can wear anything regardless of gender; however, the same item of clothing in the inventory becomes a wholly different thing on a female character, looks wise, than on a male.
** For an example, go to WowHead or another World Of Warcraft database and look up "Black Mageweave Leggings". On a female character, these will look like a pair of [[ZettaiRyouiki sexy black thighhighs]]. On a male character, they look like...sweatpants.
** Similarily, ''TheElderScrolls: Oblivion'' gets around this problem by having clothes that transform depending on what gender the wearer is, which means that most clothing for the lower body slot shows up as pants on a man but a skirt on a woman. And since any NPC's clothes are items that can be taken from them if they're killed, it's entirely possible for you to kill a random townswoman ([[VideoGameCrueltyPotential And don't say you haven't]]), steal her skirt, and put it on as pants. Don't ask how that works.
* Inversion: When Phil and Kaja Foglio introduced a fashion-designer clank into the ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' side-stories, Gil got [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080507 two]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080509 pages]] of outfits. Interestingly, Zeetha, Krosp and Agatha only got one page each. Nice turn-about.
* In the early days of there were separate clothes for male and female avatars on ''GaiaOnline'', with only the appropriate clothing showing up in stores, so if you wanted to see all the clothing, you had to have two accounts. They stopped doing that pretty early on, and all later clothing is unisex.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' character creator create.swf also suffers from this. Justified, though, given [[ImprobablyFemaleCast the cast....]]
* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' plays this straight, but gets around it: for every skirt (which only drop for girl characters), there is a corresponding kilt (which only drop for boys). Any given skirt/kilt combo will have the same stats as each other and the corresponding unisex pants.
** And while there's a few items that only drop for/can only be crafted by one gender, once they enter the game world they can be ''worn'' by anyone. There's [[http://kol.coldfront.net/thekolwiki/index.php/Vinyl_boots one item]] that penalizes males for wearing it, though.

* ''Second Life'' falls victim to this, despite the fact that there are many male characters, as the ingame clothing economy is tailored largely towards females; probably because they generally spend more energy and money finding clothes. This is especially noticable when new male players are trying to find 'freebies'.

* ''TouhouProject'' character creator create.swf also suffers from this. Justified, though, given [[ImprobablyFemaleCast the cast....]]

It can be very restricting if this is a website where male avatar bases can't wear female clothing.

* Averted with ''WorldOfWarcraft'', in which anyone can wear anything regardless of gender; however, the same item of clothing in the inventory becomes a wholly different thing on a female character, looks wise, than on a male.

* Inversion: When Phil and Kaja Foglio introduced a fashion-designer clank into the ''GirlGenius'' side-stories, Gil got [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080507 two]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080509 pages]] of outfits. Interestingly, Zeetha, Krosp and Agatha only got one page each. Nice turn-about.

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* Averted in ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'': given a high enough Bravery stat, ''any'' character can wear ''anything''. GameplayAndStorySegregation, however, prevents hilarity from ensuing.

On VirtualPaperDoll communities, there's often a lack of masculine clothing. This can be because

* most of the members are female or [[{{Crossplayer}} crossplayers]].
* feminine clothing is more fun to design because it allows for things like frills and sequins.
* men simply don't have as many clothing options as women, not being able to wear skirts without allegations of transvestism.

This is TruthInTelevision; look at how much women's formalwear has changed, and then look at the selections for men throughout the years.

* This troper is reading a book to learn Chinese, and it teaches them the word "Unfair" with a picture of of the menswear department next to womenswear.

* ''TouhouProject'' character creator create.swf also suffers from this. Justified, though, given [[PinkBishoujoGhetto the setting....]]

* ''KingdomOfLoathing'' plays this straight, but gets around it: for every skirt (which only drop for girl characters), there is a corresponding kilt (which only drop for boys).