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Posted: 5/13/2006 3:19:01 PM | | I was reading the plastic men/women thread and it occurred to me how much I miss women wearing dresses, stockings, etc. To me that was the real feminine mystique. It also makes me think that our culture was more sexual 40 years ago when women wore these things than it is now. Ok, fire away at me.... | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 3:35:15 PM | I'm wore those stay-up stockings once, to be sexy. Well, I had to walk about 10 blocks and every block I had to stop and hitch those **stards back up. I was so disgusted, I stopped at the service station and begged some duct tape. I taped the damn things to my legs and carried on. Hurt like hell at the end of the night to get them off but it worked.
I prefer comfort with style. Maybe the fellas should try panty hose, high heels and a skirt and see how comfy that is 
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Posted: 5/13/2006 3:37:06 PM | You **stard!!!!
Was that about what you wanted?
It became unfashionable to be feminine when it became important to be feminist. Then it started coming back, but somewhat awkwardly, plus these days sexuality isn't flirtatious so much as mercenary. Women used to call themselves ladies and dress to be attractive. Today's females proudly call themselves ****es and dress to be sexually intimidating. The shift in focus from mutual enjoyment to power struggle explains the change in fashions and attitudes. I think this should do to earn me a good blast, so I'll stop here. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 3:44:44 PM | | Hey! Everyone's entitled to their opinion - freedom of speech and all that. Yeah, I tend to agree that fashion has changed due to the equality thing (and I'm all for individuality and equality) and I can understand you missing the femininity of the fashions - they're still around. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 4:00:27 PM | was the real feminine mystique. It also makes me think that our culture was more sexual 40 years ago when women wore these things than it is now. Ok, fire away at me....
mystique/mysterious maybe 40 years ago you were innocent and sex all things feminine were mysterious to you.
maybe the way women dress today is feminine to 8 - 10 year old boys.
don't tell me you don't see women wearing dresses with stockings and heels! not all women and not everyday, but we do.
was the culture more sexual 40 years ago? how would i know? and how would you know for that matter? | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 4:16:25 PM |  I wear skirts, stockings (with garters), and heels. I think it IS sexy and I often just want to feel that sexy. I do NOT wear stockings with heels if I'm going to be spending a lot of time on my feet, though...that's not sexy, it's just masochistic...and I'm not. :D
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Posted: 5/13/2006 4:23:51 PM | Now that you mention it, Tink, I see a lot of women in dresses or skirts and stockings when I'm at work, many of our female vendors do, as well as a few others. The people I almost never see in stockings are the same people who wore them in the 40s and 50s, heh.
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Posted: 5/13/2006 4:24:03 PM | I am with ragdoll on this one - I dress the way I do for my job and because it is simply more comfortable. Crawling under desks to hook up the pc's at work would be a little awkward to say the least. I also think men who find women who wear slacks, instead of dresses, to be sexually intimidating must be easily intimidated.
I think we should let the next man who complains about women who don't wear dresses - don a bra, girdle, dress, panty hose, and high heels for a week and then come back to us with his findings regarding suitability and comfort of this attire.
RD - do you want to volunteer?  | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 4:38:40 PM | | hey, i wear all of that stuff - not for men, but for myself so that i feel sexy and feminine. i've always worn it. i've been wearing high heels since my teenage years and don't find them uncomfortable in the least. i'll probably get buried in stiletto heels (lol lol). not all women work in jobs where they can wear those types of things, though, nor are they comfortable in high heels. i like stockings, but hate pantyhose. for summer, it's bare legs for me. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 4:40:35 PM |
I think we should let the next man who complains about women who don't wear dresses - don a bra, girdle, dress, panty hose, and high heels for a week and then come back to us with his findings regarding suitability and comfort of this attire.
Too funny Whispers
I wear dresses, hose and heels when appropriate. Work, however, requires slacks and very comfortable shoes. I have never, and neither has my Mom, worn a dress, heels and stockings (a la My Little Margie and Father Knows Best) while doing housework. Nor did I "dress up" to take my girls to ball practice, the park or to other places of that nature. Women did dress and act differently 40 years ago, but the norms of society were so very different. Women knew their place, and if they didn't some man would be sure to put them back where they "belonged." Personally, all thoughts of dress aside, I don't really want to return to the "good old days." At least not some aspects of 'em. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 4:48:39 PM | | Women wore stockings because panty hose hadn't been invented yet! I wears a lot of skirts, mainly in the summer. Too cold in the winter up here. And what about you men? I love the old 1940s look of a suit and fedora. Most men don't even bother with their appearance. Men back in the 40s at least knew they were supposed to remove their hats when they were indoors. I'm getting a little sick of seeing a see of ball caps in restuarants and bars! | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 5:14:22 PM |
Women wore stockings because panty hose hadn't been invented yet!
uhm.... WHAT??
I must be too young for this thread or something. I thought they were one in the same. My bad. Well... then I meant to say that PANTY HOSE are uncomfortable, lol.
Why do men care at all how we dress? Most of them just try to get our clothes off anyway (jeans and skirts look the same when they're on the floor).
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Posted: 5/13/2006 7:00:23 PM | Maybe I'm too "linear" or something, but I fail to see purpose in dress. By that I mean I am not going to be any more, or less, attracted to someone (well ok, lustfull) if she's wearing a dress than if she is wearing a pair of tight jeans. So if I see someone wearing a dress I just think "Oh, she decided to wear a dress today", just like I would go to the closet and decide to wear a green shirt instead of a blue one.
But I guess it's not really like that, is it? | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 7:04:47 PM | | I think it's not the article of clothing, it's the reason for dressing. It's like a uniform of sorts for a sexual role within a culture. The idea being men and women had a kind of dress code for masculinity and femininity that went along with the way they viewed themselves and each other, including how they treated one another. Ladies and gentlemen, or guys and dolls, whatever the subculture was. The difference back then was the expectation men and women liked each other. Today the expectation is they don't. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 7:09:43 PM | | when i find a man that makes me feel sexy and attractive, ( I KNOW I KNOW, NOT GONNA HAPPEN), then it makes me wanna dress that way for him. but i wont' do it just because someone expects me to | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 8:16:41 PM | Dressing for work and dressing for a romantic evening require completely different garments.
What a shame that many seem to think that a women's Victoria Secret undies should end up on the floor. Leaving stocking etc. on.................hum! Some of you know what I am talking about. | |
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Posted: 5/13/2006 11:21:04 PM | I only meant to say that the plastic men/women thread got me to thinking about what I find attractive. Didn't mean to draw any connection between the threads.
Lipstick, I agree with you completely. Men in the 30s and 40s, well, those who had the cash, knew their fashion. I would love to dress in some of those classic styles. Couldn't agree more about the baseball caps. It is time to put them to rest. I was in a bar a few years back with some younger people from work. I was one of the only males in the place not wearing a goatee and a baseball cap. One of the females in the group said "That guy over there is really cute". I said "Which one? They all look alike". She thought that was hilarious but I was serious.
Whispers, I often wear a kilt. I like the draft. | |
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Posted: 5/14/2006 5:00:18 AM | I find the feminine attire very uncomfortable!
My daughter and I were talking about this very thing yesterday. We said how we hate womens clothes and really like wearing mens COMFORT items.
Why can't women's clothes be loose and comfortable? Why do women have to show every curve, reveal all they have and expose themselves just to get a man?
I'm one woman that loves to wear t-shirts, flannel shirts, jeans, sweatshirts, ballcaps. And when it comes to dressing up, a suit with a feminine touch underneath and relaxed pants.
I feel NO desire or NEED to dress with all that other stuff just to get a man. Because I'm not all about sex, there's a very nice and loving person in here that I want them to notice first. And if they can't because of the way I dress, then their not worth it. | |
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Posted: 5/14/2006 5:17:32 AM | | It's not about dressing up to get a man. A woman can get a man wearing a cardboard box. It's about enjoying the fact of attraction, and how you feel wearing clothes designed to accentuate what the other sex finds attractive. The comfort option exists in every age of fashion. Not every outfit is a contraption at odds with the human body. Fabrics that drape reveal form without constraint or complaint, usually in a much more erotic and suggestive way than corsets and bullet bra's, for example. It's about clothes being an expression and means of sexual interest and enjoyment, and it should be voluntary and suit one's personal preferences. To be a slave to fashion at your own expense is just wrong, and also ruins any hoped for effect. A 40's shift, a sun dress, a swaying skirt with a simple blouse are examples of very comfortable yet sexual clothes. The tight skirts, elsatic band garters and underwire bras women either hated or loved require masochistic tendencies. | |
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Posted: 5/14/2006 5:38:29 AM | shellsmack said,
I feel NO desire or NEED to dress with all that other stuff just to get a man.
I have no desire or need to dress specifically to "get a man" either. But I still sometimes like to feel sexier and more attractive than I normally would when wearing jeans and tee shirts. It's not about them, it's about me :)
Perhaps this is partially due to my age (menopausal, hormonal, mid-life crisis-al) that I feel a need to reassure myself that I AM still attractive (and sexy, and sensual, and seductive), but I agree with whomever stated the sentiment about not dressing because someone else wants her to...I don't do that either. If I'm dressing up because someone else told or asked me to, then I'm not doing it because I'm feeling particularly sensuous..so what's the point?
~ Debbie
(I'm sure you're gonna LOVE the fact that I not only wear thigh high stockings with garters, but also have a small selection of corsets I wear on occasion when I'm "dressing") | |
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