Sexism has been around for many many centuries. In most culture (Nearly ALL culture) women are being treated with less respects and rights. Even in today's society, women are still being suppressed by dominant men. But while all these sexism is going on, surprisingly, cross dressing culture is also growing. Some schools picked a day in the year to cross dress, and for my school, it is today. But is cross dressing a healthy thing to do? Is making yourself look like the opposite gender a good thing to do? In my opinion, it is very rewarding and didactic. Putting aside the fact that this day brings a lot of joys, it also made you really look at the opposite sex. You started imitating their way of words, gesture and even behavior. And even when we are not aware of these subtle things, we are growing more conscious over the opposite gender, which made us more cautious over the other sex.Another thing that shouldn't be overlooked is which sex is going to have more trouble cross dressing. Once again, only my opinion, Male. In our society, girls have been wearing so called "guy cloth" for awhile. Jeans and shirt or polo are commonly seen worn by girls. But why aren't there any men wearing girl cloth in ordinary like? It is our culture that hindered us from doing that. Males are brought up thinking one day they are going to be the CEO or manager of a huge corporation and leader of his family. It made them think they are more superior over women, especially their wives. With this in the societies' mind, male automatically block all of their feminine side. So it is very hard for us guys to dress up like females because no one wants to blur this gender binary.
Our class did a little experiment :]
With around 8 boys dressed as girls and 4 girls dressed as boys, we went to the nearest 7-11 to see other people's expressions. First I found out, we are the center of attention. No one, and i mean absolutely no one walk pass us without staring at us for at least 5 min. (except me, they are ogling at me.) Then we saw a senior citizen, around 70 years old, and she was PISSED at our "behavior". She looked at us as if she was going to beat the living **** out of us until we are normal again. So what I got out of this little trip to 7-11 was:
- Our society is still not use to boys dressing up like girls and walk like girls.
- Elder people are more conservative about this kind of cross dressing culture.
- One lollipop and one bottle of milktea.
1 comment:
Again. Clean up your grammar and spelling. This really detracts from the content of your blog.
But on a more positive note: what an entertaining entry! I so admire your willingness to put yourself in someone else's shoes (or should I say clothes?) Question: What about people who do choose to blur the binary? What happens when they want equal rights? To marry? To become parents? Should that be permissable?
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