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- From: russw@cs.utexas.edu (Russ Williams)
- Newsgroups: alt.transgendered
- Subject: clothing utopia, was Re: No Subject
- Date: 23 Jan 1993 14:06:10 -0600
- Organization: Great Northern Hotel
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- References: <1993Jan23.081100.2984@fuug.fi>
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- In article <1993Jan23.081100.2984@fuug.fi> an2071@anon.penet.fi (Kathleen) writes:
- >
- >Rus wrote:
- >
- >>I agree completely! As a superficial version of this vision, I often
- >>daydream of a society where everyone wears whatever they want with
- >>no social stigma -- business suits, Roman togas, Civil War uniforms,
- >>pirate outfits, whatever floats your boat... I suppose this idle
- >>fantasy is in fact a generalization of what CDers would like from society.
-
- >In the beginning my answer was yes, that would bring me sastisfaction,
- >but as time went on, I realized that *for me* the answer was not that
- >simple, that my needs would not be satisfied by such a world. That
- >is when I realized I was transsexual.
-
- Interesting method of coming to that realization!
-
- Does that mean that you realized the clothing utopia would satisfy
- some of your needs, but not all of them? I.e., you had MORE needs
- than you realized.
-
- Or does that mean that you realized the clothing utopia would not
- satisfy you at all, even though you initially thought it would? I.e.,
- you had DIFFERENT needs than you realized.
-
-
- In a slightly different vein, I've observed I have a divided mind
- over the clothing utopia: on the one hand, it's really annoying that
- people feel such pressure to conform, so it would be nice if society
- would quit hassling people over their choice of appearance.
-
- But on the other hand, for me at least, a significant part of the
- enjoyment of public CDing is the fact that it is nonstandard. In
- the clothing utopia, I'd continue doing occasional punk/slut/SM drag
- but I would miss the feeling that it was weird and unusual.
-
- Russ
-