As others have mentioned, women wearing pants are not crossdressing. They are wearing pants that have been designed for, marketed for, made from material for women.
Women wearing clothing that is typical for a male to wear are often just a little different when women wear them. Not always, but enough times. For example, pants may be tight fitting or be leggings, or be patterned. Jeans have shallow front pockets (although they may be wide enough to put a phone in horizontally), or have some feminine embroidery on a back pocket. Tee shirts may have a boat neck or V neck, or may be in a color or pattern that is feminine, or have a feminine applique on it. A button down shirt may be made of a shiny satiny material. A schoolgirl’s tie is loose around her neck.
Women wearing these items are (for the most part) not trying to look like men. They’re not wearing their hair short or binding their breasts when they wear something unisex or menswear. They’re not trying to “rough up their face. Most male crossdressers want to enhance their breasts, fill out their hips, and/or cinch their waists. They want to wear makeup, jewelry, nail polish. They want to wear a wig. They want to look female. It’s rare to find a man who wants to wear a skirt, a dress, high heels, makeup, etc. and still look like a man.
Most women want to wear pants. Most men don’t want to wear skirt or a dress. When a man wears a skirt or a dress, we do our darnedest to call it something else. The Scotsman isn’t wearing a skirt, it’s a kilt. The pope isn’t wearing a dress, it’s a robe. When you come out of the shower, you’re not wearing a terrycloth skirt or a wrap dress, it’s a towel around your waist or a bathrobe. Scrooge wasn’t wearing a nightgown (although Wee Willy Winkie was), it’s a nightshirt.
I do agree that people are more accepting of crossdressers today than in the past. But with women not crossdressing, and men unwilling to look like men wearing typical women’s clothing, I have to say no.
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