I know someone will complain about transmasc visibility again, and I’m sorry, but I don’t know what your alternative of a skirt is, please tell me.

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    6 months ago

    Buttondown shirts, or jackets with buttons are wonderful. Men’s and women’s tops button in opposite directions. Men and women’s button downs look pretty much the same. If you’re not out, or don’t care to draw attention to yourself consider it.

    Very few are perceptive enough to notice other people’s buttons. But you will notice your own, and you deserve gender affirming buttons.

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        5 months ago

        It’s the 13th century aristocracy. Button holes were invented then. Any proper lady who could afford these new fashionable buttons would have servants to dress them. The leftward button orientation makes it easier for someone to button your shirt for you with their dominant hand.

        Men have to dress themselves, so the buttons go to the right to make it easier for him to button his own shirt.

        That’s one of the leading theories anyway.