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See also. Transgender portal. LGBT portal. Category. v. t. e. Cross-dressing is the act of wearing clothes traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender. [ 2] From as early as pre-modern history, cross-dressing has been practiced in order to disguise, comfort, entertain, and express oneself.
Cross-dressing is cited as an abomination in the Bible in the book of Deuteronomy (22:5), which states: "A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this", [ 8] but as Aquinas noted above this principle was interpreted to be based on context.
Illustration by F. H. Townsend in the second edition of Charlotte Brontë 's 1847 novel Jane Eyre. Cross-dressing as a literary motif is well attested in older literature but is becoming increasingly popular in modern literature as well. [ 1] It is often associated with character nonconformity and sexuality rather than gender identity.
In Some Like It Hot (1959), two struggling musicians have to dress as women to escape the ire of gangsters. The film is a remake of a 1935 French movie, Fanfare of Love, from the story by Robert Thoeren and Michael Logan, which was remade in 1951 by German director Kurt Hoffmann as Fanfares of Love.
Transvestism is the practice of dressing in a manner traditionally or stereotypically associated with a different gender . The terms transvestism and transvestite were coined by Magnus Hirschfeld in 1910. In the early 20th century, transvestite referred to cross-dressers, and also a variety of people who would now be considered transgender .
Sumerian men's skirt ( Kaunakes ), ca. 3.000 BC. A modern utility kilt. Outside Western cultures, men's clothing commonly includes skirts and skirt-like garments; however, in the Americas and much of Europe, skirts are usually seen as feminine clothing and socially stigmatized for men and boys to wear, despite having done so for centuries. [ 1 ...
Guayabera. The guayabera ( / ɡwaɪ.əˈbɛrə / ), also known as camisa de Yucatán ( Yucatán shirt), is a men's summer shirt, worn outside the trousers, distinguished by two columns of closely sewn pleats running the length of the front and back of the shirt. Typically made of linen, silk, or cotton, and appropriate for hot and/or humid ...
v. t. e. Man seeking humiliation while dressed in girl's clothes. Petticoating or pinaforing is a type of forced feminization that involves dressing a man or boy in girls' clothing as a form of humiliation or punishment, or as a fetish. While the practice has come to be a rare, socially unacceptable form of humiliating punishment, it has risen ...