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1 May, 6 tweets, 2 min read
I don't believe that men adopting "feminine" attire is non-conforming.

Conforming to opposite sex stereotypes, especially performatively by men, reinforces restrictions for women.

True identity can't be bought or worn, but comes from within — from actions, not appearances.
Gender stereotypes are not clothing choices. In fact, having clothing choices is evidence of that.
Gender, or sex caste roles, means an assumption that females fill certain undesirable roles, do certain undesirable tasks, and that it is our nature to be subordinate to men.
"Gender" is a word that should not be used in feminism, since it obfuscates sex-based oppression and allows definitions of women's subordination removed from physical reality.
Women's bodies are sold for sex, cheap labor, reproduction; this has nothing to do with outward decor.
Arguing about what men should or shouldn't wear matters very little to me, especially when their attire continues to be made by marginalized women in factories. Women for whom "expression" means something very different.
From Scotland, to Greece, to Japan, men who wore skirts still raped women and made laws to subjugate them on the basis of sex.
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The argument is not, why can't men wear "feminine" clothing.

The argument is, why are men claiming that "feminine" appearances are liberating for them personally, while doing nothing to help ♀️ escape our subordination, even as their "feminine" attire is made by marginalized ♀️?

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