i find women's clothes very exposing. like short-shorts and sleeveless stuff. i'm very introverted so i won't really wear those kind of stuff. long skirts and blouses are good though. also, heels. i find them rather amusing to wear. but IRL i don't and won't cross-dress unless i really don't have any choice, which in that case, i'd wear em with no care about the world.
though to answer your question. yes, provided i don't feel exposed in what i'm wearing.
Why would short-shorts and sleeveless stuff be a problem if nobody would care? You could walk around naked, even.
I don't think it proper counts as "cross-dressing" if nobody cares — the phrase implies one is crossing gender boundaries, but if those boundaries don't actually exist, you're just a Man in a Kilt.
Well nobody cares because it's impossible for them to remember you existing, not because said gender boundaries do not exist.
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Heh, yeah, that changes things. A detail you should've clarified before... or did I miss you doing just that?
I suppose it should just be "if nobody notices", not "if nobody notices or cares."
literary masochist
If nobody but me is going to know, then sure. I've always wondered what a skirt feels like.
Though, is this question supposed to be a lead-in to something else?
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
You've always wanted to know what a skirt feels like, which means that you're doing it for the novelty and may not do it regularly.
Trans Siberian Anarchestra (it/they)
literary masochist
I find it a little disconcerting that you would suddenly make an assumption about my motives like that. :/
Well if you just want to know what something feels like it still means that there's no guarantee that you would do it regularly. I try foods all the time and I decide I don't like them and don't end up eating them regularly. There are a lot of foods I do like and don't make regularly because I find them to be an inconvenience. I like bike riding but don't do it regularly for various reasons. There's no reason to assume that after you try something you will like it enough to do it regularly.
I suppose even I think of wearing a skirt as something of a novelty and I own four of them.
I mean do you think you would like skirts? Have you worn kilts and found them comfortable? :/
edited 12th Aug '13 5:15:18 PM by ohsointocats
literary masochist
Well, consider the question you're asking.
Unless the person answering is already a crossdresser themselves, what guarantee do you have that they'll do it often if given the chance? Most of them would have never done it before, ever.
(Also, it's always a little upsetting to hear an out-of-the-blue "NOPE YOUR ANSWER DOES NOT COUNT".)
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
That is a good point.
Probably this is a bad question. Never mind.
literary masochist
Well, what exactly are you intending to find out?
This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
Well I guess there might not be that many unfortunate implications, but there's the strange matter of Different for Girls because I have several pieces of clothing that were sold as "men's", and that certain articles of clothing are so heavily gendered that a character who's gender is actually supposed to be completely ambiguous would probably not be written/drawn as wearing dresses and skirts and the like.
I guess it's a new thread to go alone with all of the other gender roles threads. I am working on an idea that may or may not have unfortunate implications, but I kind of dont think it does when sufficiently analyzed.
I guess my main question is, mostly for guys: if you knew that nobody would care or notice, would you crossdress regularly in public?