As a man who dresses femininely, I have refered to myself as a "femboy" on multiple occasions. A few years ago however, I stopped doing this and stopped tagging my photos with the word "femboy" as the tag is now flooded with NSFW content on all social media sites and apps. I am genuinely so tired of my feminine side being fetishized and sexualized.
I've seen teens get sexualized and slut shamed for wearing skirts as boys and I myself have been treated like a sex object online because of similar reasons. The concept of feminine clothing itself is often over sexualized, just look at the costumes made for girls that are older than 12, most of it is sexual.
It genuinely disgusts me how dressing in skirts and girly clothes (often kids clothes since I'm generally very short and skinny and that stuff fits me) gets me sexualized.
I am a boy and girls clothes. Why is everyone so stuck on sex because of that? It's not like this is a new problem either!
Anyways, I just wanted to rant for a bit since this has been on my mind for a while and I'm tired of it. Feel free to rant in the comments if you want to add something or share your own experiences with others.
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TheNewUSA
it's inherent human nature to sexualize this stuff, and it's horrible. the greeks and the romans did it blatantly. and the ancient greeks weren't good people, nor were the pagan romans.
Xuma/Void
Omds ur so real for saying that. I’m gender fluid and I have times where I come off pretty masc, and if I decide I’d like to wear feminine clothing while presenting as a guy, I get SUPER sexualized. It’s the same if I’m wearing feminine clothing while presenting as a female I get sexualized. It’s like all I can wear is masc/super covered or baggy clothes to not be sexualized. Honestly society is pretty messed up ngl :c
Zomie
i agree, its disgusting and shouldn't be sexualised. as a person who dresses both feminine and masculine, ive been treated weird like that too sometimes and its not okay, i hate it i wish people would stop and keep their weird thoughts to themselves :((