From our understanding crossdressing is an outdated term now and it's called gender nonconforming, we believe.
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I like this change. It's definitely a more apt term.
Is that the case for people who prefer to wear another gender's clothing (than the one they were assigned) full time as well as for someone who might only do it in a sexual context? Like a male movie character wearing womens' underwear to emphasize that they are a sexual deviant.
I'm not a part of the queer community, and I've never been quite clear on crossdressing. Trans makes sense, but clothes are just clothes to me I guess.
I suppose my complete lack of style and apathy to fashion mean my clothes aren't a super important part of my self identity? I HAVE only ever bought clothes from the men's section though. I guess I'm gender conforming but because it's my assigned gender it doesn't feel significant and obviously doesn't cause me any social stress.
You are correct in that clothes do not have a gender.
Which is why it is not called crossdressing but not conforming to the gender expressions which society and culture force upon us i.e. Gender Nonconforming. It's not about the clothes or assigned gender per se but more about those cultural ideas and pushing back against them.
As for the sexualisation of clothes we are probably best left out of that conversation. Hope some{one/many} else can help out there, we'd probably just label it as a fetish/kink or as it is in some cases the beginning of exploring gender.
Thank you for the reply; I appreciate it.