[LMB] Handbags

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008, JenL wrote:

> On 1/23/08, Harimad <harimad2001 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > JenL writes:
> > > Heh!  Around here,  the women's size 11 shoes either
> > > look like they'd be physically impossible to walk on
> > > (incredibly tall spike heels)
> >
> > I don't believe these shoes were intended for perons with female
> > plumbing.
>
> Well, that's my thought, too. But it doesn't help me much when
> I'm looking for reasonable shoes in a women's size 11. . . .
> And I can't help but wonder why a non-female-plumbing (at least
> to start with) person would find it easier to walk in those
> shoes than I do, when by definition we have the same shoe size?
> Is it just a higher pain tolerance? More dedication to fashion?

S/he doesn't necessarily find it easier--in fact, since s/he
(some men who wear them think of themselves as male, some don't)
hasn't been doing it since s/he was thirteen, it's probably
harder.  But wearing trainers or loafers isn't going to appeal to
someone who's felt trapped all their life by having to wear male
clothing and shoes.

Transsexuals, who live their entire lives as the women they
really are, eventually realise that they do need sensible women's
shoes and clothes in their sizes, because there comes a time in
your life when even if you are a genetic girl who doesn't like to
wear trousers or ugly shoes, a denim skirt and a pair of
sturdy boots are highly useful for many things.

But a guy who is going to get up and lip-synch Madonna in a
sequined evening gown wants serious heels for that.  And there
are a lot more men who occasionally like to dress as women, but
don't think of themselves as women, than there are transsexual
women.  If you are only dressing up as a woman, not living as a
woman, you probably just need female lingerie, evening wear,
heels and a little evening bag--and possibly outerwear--a
motorcycle jacket thrown over an evening dress looks totally
different on a cross-dressed man than it does on a woman who just
doesn't want to lay out the money for a coat she'll wear twice a
year.

~malfoy :)

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