Thanks for this--I really enjoyed your perspective on how clothing communicates gender and sexuality.
Took me back to my teens and 20s. I often wore my hair short--sometimes radically short. That coupled with baggy shirts and jeans led to a lot of people identifying me as a lesbian (and occasionally as a man). Which didn't bother me.
To this day, if I'm going grocery shopping or getting gas late at night, I deliberately dress in as unfeminine a way as I can manage, because I wish to avoid the attention of men. For me, this speaks to feelings of safety (or lack thereof).
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Date: 2015-04-03 12:48 am (UTC)Took me back to my teens and 20s. I often wore my hair short--sometimes radically short. That coupled with baggy shirts and jeans led to a lot of people identifying me as a lesbian (and occasionally as a man). Which didn't bother me.
To this day, if I'm going grocery shopping or getting gas late at night, I deliberately dress in as unfeminine a way as I can manage, because I wish to avoid the attention of men. For me, this speaks to feelings of safety (or lack thereof).