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i feel like non-feminine fanciness used to be a much bigger part of the option space for male gender roles
not everywhere & certainly not for everyone but like, it& #39;s something that feels missing to me & i wonder exactly what happened
in the examples i can think of, it was only very upperclass ppl exhibiting this
but we have more resources now....why is it completely gone
but we have more resources now....why is it completely gone
here are a couple of theories, im going to ignore the "18th c revolutions" aspect of all this assuming we can take it as a given
--beau brummel did it haha jk
i wonder how much the relaxing of gendered dress distinction had to do w this. if women wear dresses & men wear pants, the frilliest braidedest little officer uniform will look masculine
i also wonder how much the collapse of fighting as a regular part of life relates to this. most of the examples pf male fanciness that have been brought up in.this thread (& mostly by girls u will notice) are war related
