why do lesbians feel the need to dress like men?

Question

i am not addressing the so called lipsticks. i am addressing the ellens and the rosie odonnells of the world. God made you a woman. What is the point of rebelling against your gender for the sake of your so called choice?

Answer 1

penis-envy

Answer 2

First of all, not all lesbians feel that need or even tend to dress like men. Obviously, those who do, you quickly and easily identify as lesbian. Now, the tone of your post implies a lot, but mostly that you do not approve of lesbians. A "so called choice," as you put it, is something like.........hmmm, let me try vanilla today, although chocolate is the house favorite. People do not choose to be gay any more than people choose to be straight. People may choose to PASS for straight, but believe me, they are still gay.

Furthermore, as far as anyone "rebelling against" her gender is concerned...there is a difference between gender and society's assignment of roles and expectations based upon gender. Nobody HAS to "be the man" in a lesbian relationship. Clothing is just cloth and has no meaning other than that which society prescribes to it. Color and hairstyle..all fashion and culture.

This question is obviously motivated by something OTHER than a sincere desire to learn of lesbian fashion and culture. However, I suggest that you watch The L Word if you want to learn about lesbians. The show is a true lesbian production and you might actually learn a thing or two, instead of posting politically charged messages disguised as questions on a public forum.

Answer 3

I know dozens....I said DOZENS of straight, feminine women who will never...I said NEVER wear a skirt or dress.

Just because these women don't wear dresses doesn't mean they are "rebelling against their gender".

You're stating too many untruths in your question anyway.

1) Not all lesbians 'feel the need' to dress like men
2) I think Ellen and Rosie dress quite appropriately
3) God did make them women....He also made them Lesbian.
4) Refer to #3 again.
5) Refer to #3 again.

Nope.....stupid question altogether.
Bye

Answer 4

It is not always a choice. We are complex creatures...and God teaches love for all...I have a cousin who identified himself as a girl since he was 5 (this is normally the age you can already tell if someone has this inborn feeling)...actually he acted like a girl way before that- I was told. He was a very intelligent young man...so intelligent in fact that I even heard about him being so extraordinary, although I lived on a different Island. His Dad expected him to become a doctor like himself, but my cuz broke down in tears during a conversation - saying that he rather wanted his Dad to spend all that money for his other siblings to go for a higher education, because he rather wanted to become a designer...and he would never be a Dad anyway. I wonder how he is doing now....and to answer your question: I think it's because clothing is a way of expressing yourself....and lesbians like to dress feminine, just like a gay man likes to dress like a woman- a lot of them or at least in some way feminine.

Answer 5

Honey! Not every lesbian dresses like Rosie O'Donnell and Ellen or every straight female dresses like Li'l Kim or Paris Hilton. You cannot judge anyone(regardless of sexual orientation) by the way they're dressed. If a sista wants to be "butch", let them! If they wanna be "femme" , then so be it! Please, I know some lesbians that can probably outdress you and me! But not to be mean, people are people. It's not what they wear, it's what's inside that counts, dear one. So do you hate gay men for dressing in drag? People make the world go 'round, baby. Either you accept it and deal with it, or you can always go live on an island by yourself. Life's too short to be trivializing small and petty stuff like this, sweetie. Concentrate on world peace or somethin'. Be blessed, my dear.

Answer 6

I didn't see that law that said women need to wear dresses and makeup. Gender Identity is something that is learned. If you put a 1 year old girl in a room with a doll and a firetruck, chances are she will play with both equally. Do you think a girl knows to like the color pink as a baby? She is taught that it is a "girl" color. The opposite for boys. Research a little into gender neutrality.

Answer 7

First, homosexuality is not a choice. People are who they are. It occurs in nature. It is not a defect or a bad mutation, it is just another variety in our already various race.
Second, it is called gender identity. There are some women who may have female bodies, but psychologically idendify as male. It is just who they are. A Man trapped in a womans body, so to speak. The same goes for men. ( i.e. transgendered)
Granted, some may be rebelling. FOr instance, they have pushy parents forcing them to conform to some stigma that they do not accept. (works for the boys too) So, this is their way of lashing out and making the statement "let me think for myself".
For the vast majority in this diversity we call humanity... it is simply people being transgendered, not rebellious.

Answer 8

Wow. Do I sense a little hostility here? What's the big deal? The "ellens" and "rosie's" of the world simply know that they have the right to wear whatever makes them happy and feel comfortable. What does it matter to you? Go ahead and wear your dresses and lace and frills. Nothing at all wrong with that. (And actually, I love to look at it!) But, just don't judge others on what they decide to wear. Did it ever occur to you that they aren't dressing as men, but dressing for their comfort. If you don't like it, you don't have to look.

Answer 9

First of all, I don't believe in the existence of any God. The only thing that made me a woman was my father's X chromosome. I could have just as easily been a male. As for rebellion against my gender for my sexual orientation, I didn't. I was a tomboy far before I knew I was attracted to other women. I've always dressed and acted masculine because it's comfortable. It has nothing to do with my sexual orientation, its about me being myself. I'm not going to dress in girls clothes and pretend I'm interested in fashion and Hollywood because it makes society comfortable. I like sports, I like baggy clothes, I like wearing my hair in braids so I don't have to deal with it. I didn't know I was attracted to women until I was twelve, but I've been a tomboy since I was six. I have an older brother who I idolize. When we were younger he'd take me to the basketball courts with him and his friends and I'd hang out with them. I didn't care about playing dress up with the neighborhood girls, I wanted to play basketball with the guys. That's just my personality, it has nothing to do with my sexuality. And my sexuality is not a choice. I never decided to be this way.

Answer 10

You sound like an uptight person.
It's clearly a personal preference (to dress like men), so get over it. And anyway, some lesbo's probably have more male genes (or whatever is) than a fully heterosexual woman, which would explain their atire preference.

P.S. Hey, Angel's 'F' word printed! Normally they're blanked out. Weird.

Answer 11

I'm a straight woman so I can't answer the question directly, but we women do have an advantage in that we can wear jeans & t-shirts or dresses, as we prefer. Generally speaking, only Scotsmen have an equivilent option.