I realize this is not one of those critical, burning issues of our times
, but I’m genuinely interested.
Why DO men so often dress up as women?
What started me wondering (again) was a video of Spanish men in high heels, which I blundered upon on the (Oz) ABC news site today.:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2010/07/02/2943492.htm
Which reminded me of the (Sydney) Gay Mardi Gras:
Which then reminded me of ..... any number of different instances of men dressed as women.
Anyway, it seems to me that men, of all sorts of sizes, shapes, ages & sexual orientations appear to
really like dressing up as women. Otherwise, why would they do it so much? (Much more than women dress up as men, it seems to me. Please feel free to correct me if my perception is wrong.)
So I’d be interested in your thoughts on this. Why is this so?
Some thoughts which crossed my mind:
Does it that men actually WANT to be women? That they like the idea better than being male?
Is it some sort of joke/fun thing? If so, why don’t women indulge in the same thing nearly so much?
Is the motivation to insult, or demean women? If so why?
Does dressing as women give men some imagined power over them? If so, why do men think women are more powerful than they are?
Is the motivation different when gay, transvestite or straight men dress as women?
And so on & so on & so on....
Anyway, I’ll be very interested in responses from both men & women here.
Please don’t misunderstand. I am far more curious than critical.
And I am not
remotely interested in a "man bashing" session. OK?
I’m rather
intrigued, more than anything else.
It’s all a bit of a mystery to me!
I await enlightenment.