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I can wear a dress to work and nobody criticizes me. I’d be really sad if I had to wear pants all the time, they’re just not as comfortable. Let’s normalize pretty dresses for dudes!

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to have a pretty intense not-like-the-other-girls fase in my teens, and I never wore skirts or dresses, and felt the same way you do. Then I got over that internalized misogyny and started experimenting with clothes a little, and the first time I put on a dress it was like a hallelujah moment. The most comfortable thing in the goddamn world. They do not restrict your movement at all, that's only a problem if you wear knee-high pencil skirts of stiff fabric. In colder seasons you wear leggings under them which are equally comfortable. It was so incredibly comfy I did a complete 180 and it took me 10 years to wear a pair of pants again, and that's only because the waist high mom jeans in style now are so loose and non-restricting. Any other style of pants I won't touch with a 10 feet pole.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

But how do you sit in an office chair with your feet on the seat, like I do, in a dress?

No, I refuse to sit properly.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

He's got a case to solve, don't bother him!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You mean L? Light was Kira, L was the guy who sat crouched like a goblin.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

From experience: as long as the dress is nice and roomy you can sit as prawn-like as you want.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Wear a long enough dress and you'll be fine. You could also wear a skort (which is a skirt/dress with shorts built in underneath, but from the outside it just looks like a regular skirt/dress) or just wear shorts or leggings underneath. You've got lots of options!