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That’s a very good point! The NIMBY version of fashion. Also, while the author tries to make a point about feminism and men in heels, it is the feminist women who are most likely to be scornful of men in heels.

Women don’t need swords - they have stilettos!

I read the prior comments and decided to watch the videoed interview on You Tube. The main emphasis seems to be a person has the right to wear the clothing items they prefer without being labeled with a sex identity, orientation, nor any other socially defined associations. Mark stressed the concepts for wearing heels or flats, a dress, a blouse and skirt, and/or a shirt and trousers/jeans are just the adornment styles each person prefers to wear that really doesn't have any sex attachments. The sex identities for clothing items are socially promoted constructs that have been brainwashed into people's understanding and perspectives. The apparel including the footwear of the French King Louis XIV and these two other drawings of men were considered manly accents in earlier centuries. However today their stylish appearances have been socially promoted as women's assigned looks (not including the swords).

A frank, interesting and enlightening discussion. Mark is clearly an intelligent, educated and articulate man, leading a typically masculine and heterosexual life - but generally in skirts and heels. He is no male oil painting and could not easily pass as a woman, but (as he explained) he has no wish to be anything other than a 'person' wearing certain clothing of his choice, that happens to be feminine in style. If he influences or persuades other men to adopt a more fluid appearance, without sacrificing their innate masculinity - and be accepted thus - then he will have done them, and us, a favour. In that sense he is, whether intentionally or not, a first-class freestyle ambassador and deserves respect. As to the undressing, my guess is that Mark simply wanted to demonstrate that he had a normal male body, albeit one that has benefitted from some grooming and toning, and that there was nothing 'unusual' (e.g. piercings, tattoos, pretty lingerie) to reveal. It was not really necessary but served to demonstate further his frankness and lack of inhibition, without being salacious in any way.

I totally agree. Everyone should be free to be themselves but don’t expect the entire world to be focussed on your latest form of self-expression. A lot of people seem to be very precious about themselves these days, quick - even eager - to take offence and claim for themselves some new form of victimhood. The guy taking off his clothes is just weird and any good he might have accomplished in normalising a guy in heels just vanishes. He becomes just another weirdo and only reinforces the stereotype that a guy in heels is weird

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I like the general positive spin on men in heels. And I agree that it could use a good edit. There is one thing I have encounter that is not mention. While a woman might be open-minded, even accepting of men in heels, it changes when it's their man.

Not so cold today, so ankle boots. First time on the streets with stilettos, a bit challenging but I'm managing. They're 10cm high, 1cm more than my highest before in public, so it's a win These boots have soft leather, it adds a lot to the confort, other boots I have with lower heels are more stiff and feel less comfortable. Love the feeling anyway.