Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Wearing Tight Clothes Reflection


Yesterday was cross dressing day. In other word, boys get to dress like girls, and girls dress like guys.

It is the day during our "spiritual week" when the girls are more excited than the guys do. The reason is because males' wearings work perfectly on girls, anyway. As for the guys, showing their shoulders and wearing skirts is just not what they often do throughout the history. The seniors not only hung around schools with "unusual clothes" but also went out to 7-11 and check out people's reaction. A beetle nut store even let us go in and take some pictures. However, an old lady outside of the store had been staring at us with a disgusted look. I'm guessing that a lot of the by passer thought we were having a gay parade there. Being gay, lesbian, or bisexual isn't a big issue in Taiwan. Yes, people would be interested in staring at them, but that's only because it is something "unusual" Most Taiwanese wouldn't discriminate the ones with odd sexuality.

I wouldn't say cross dressing is a healthy thing, but it's definitely not harmful either. Some people would say cross dressing could be a chance for some people to express themselves, however, I don't think it goes to everybody. When a guy dresses up like a girl and reaches gender binary blurred he would most likely felt embarrassed and uncomfortable. I felt extremely uncomfortable by dressing up like that. It makes me wonder why would a girl want to wear those things. Just by looking into the mirror and see myself is enough to make me feel sick and want to puke. Having said that, it was a really fun day. To me, it's a day when one can go out of character and have fun. It's like doing art; it's not about how you do it, it's about how you feel about doing it.

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