#women in pants

[thursdaymurderbub]

[paintmeanelephant]

Bait girls wearing breeches, Flamborough, England, 1860s.

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[joaniam]

Hi, I'd like to point out that my own aunt was not allowed to wear pants in school or at work for a VERY long time, and she is barely over 70. That is within LIVING MEMORY

I do want to note that the whole "women are allowed to dress masculine and wear trousers" thing needs to be viewed in its historical context:

People fought for generations to be allowed to dress that way. They fought hard to be allowed to wear pants. Blue jeans were a symbol of feminist revolution. Women were barred from workplaces and schools for wearing them.

This is not some a natural fact that women dressing masculine is less shocking and humiliating. That normalization was fought for and hard-won.

And yet so many people erase the struggles of those people who fought to make that happen and pretend that it's just normal and natural that people don't see women "dressed like men" as ridiculous.

The Marriage of Figaro has what's called a "breeches role" which is a woman wearing men's clothes playing am ale role. This was done partly due to the vocal range requirements, but in many cases it was done comedically. It was risque and sexualized or comic relief that a woman was dressed as a man.

Anti-suffragette posters mock women wearing pants - well they were bloomers and split skirts back then - and mocking more masculine cut styles of clothes. This was meant to portray this as ridiculous.

They mocked the "new woman" in Weimar Germany, lamenting that they were too masculine.

This is a political cartoon from the 1920s depicting a woman in masculine dress deciding which bathroom to use:

Sorry but you're erasing these struggles and flattening history when you say this shit.

Women were killed and institutionalized in the struggle to make this happen. It really fucking bothers me the way it's framed as "people just don't find it as weird when women dress masculine."

Yes they fucking did. Until women and transmasculine people fought for their right to wear what they want. It's normalized because people struggled to normalize it.

And it's not normal everywhere. There are many countries where it's still illegal for women to wear pants. Sudan, Saudi Arabia.

Even in the US, it's forbidden and considered ridiculous in groups like the FLDS, the Amish, and the Hutterites.

We are flattening and erasing the struggles of women when we say these things. I know we're trying to build theory here but you can't build solid theory on a foundation of lies.

[wonderfullbutt]

Who wants a yoga class with her?😎

[holyblanchett]

I need her in ways concerning to feminism

[lotus-pear]

the fine people of bsd tumblr have asked for fem skk and i shall give it to them

[scarletroseabdl]

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[narwedraws]

I just think it's unfair that Kinich is the only Natlan character that's not showing skin so i gave him the npc's shirt

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[lgbtlunaverse]

"Female characters aren't allowed to be feminine anymore! Why aren't girly girls allowed to kick ass while wearing makeup– oh the actresss are all wearing makeup? Well not enough of it! It's so subtle I barely noticed. And they are never allowed to wear skirts or dresses– ok well those scenes don't count there are some scenes where they DON'T wear dresses. Real girly girls never wear pants. And in fact now that I think about it it's sooo misogynistic that so many of these women in fantasy and action franchises fight. Women are worthy even if they don't display masculine traits like combat! Why- oh, I said I wanted girly girls to kick ass earlier? Well obviously I meant that METAPHORICALLY. Why can't they command armies instead and leave the fighting to the men? Actually now that I think about it that would mean they are the ones making the decisions while the men follow them... that's bad! Why do we only value women if they display talent in a masculine field like politics? And they always have to fix everything while the male love interests are useless. Women deserve to be taken care of! A GOOD female character would have a boyfriend or husband who solves all the major plot points for her! That gives her more time to do feminine things like dressing up prettily and doing her makeup and dancing 🥰"

[amelia452]

Hi baby, how are you? How do you like my look today? I'm so bored alone, baby write to me let's have some fun🥰🥰❤️

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[splendidfemalelegs]

I can’t contain myself 💦😘😻😍

[elucubrare]

the thing about 18th century (men's) fashion is that it's both rigorously stylized (the neatness of the breeches/stocking line, the stiffer fabrics) and extravagant (dramatic colors, SO much embroidery) and i love a good intrinsic tension

[milfygerard]

gerard spending their entire career wearing womens clothes that arent immediately recognizable as womens clothes but we know they are bc thats what gerard called them (with pride) and gerard talking about men wearing womens clothes until they learned about The Transgender Subject where they just started talking about gender and then they dissappear from the face of the earth and all social media for awhile and then they come back in 2022 with an array of tailored skirts and dresses including non‐character casual wear that they just bought at like a YSL i csnt even describe this arc i cant even articulate it its insane its so much gerard way i love you forever