Deviant Behavior

Chills, Chafing and Cross-dressing

In our era of “love and acceptance”, even for all manner of weirdness, I hypothesize that while intolerance for alternative lifestyles is deemed hate-speech, some alternative lifestyles are not as widely accepted by the general public as studies, polls or media would lead us to believe. I doubt that transvestitism is nowhere near as acceptable to society as a whole as say for instance, homosexuality. I intend to prove this point in a somewhat subjective manner; by documenting the reactions of people in public to an “everyday” sort of experience involving what would be viewed as an otherwise normal activity had it been performed by a woman... Shopping for clothes. I began to prepare for this adventure by acquiring an outfit of the appropriate size. It was necessary for this experiment that the outfit be something that would be easy identifiable as female clothing, but would not be so absurd as to seem comical on it's own merit. My first thought was a dress, but then I immediately realized that most people would not instantly identify me as a man wearing woman's clothing. It would take too much observation for them to realize I was not just the world's ugliest woman, but a man in woman's clothing. So I opted for a very short pair of women's shorts, a g-string, and a sports bra. The obvious norm being violated (in so many ways) by wearing this outfit is society's view of gender specific clothing. Men are typically clothed in items that are rugged when compared to those of the fairer sex. The usual attire is pants or shorts (of sufficient length), in colors considered masculine; i.e. blue, black, brown. The coverings for the top half are always shirts of some variety, generally avoiding colors considered feminine; pink, purple, pastel shades of any color, etc. Undergarments for men are almost universally one of two types, boxers or briefs, or a hybrid of the two. Bikini, thong and even g-string underwear for men exist,